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  1. Can anyone tell me whether I should have been informed at the job offer stage about the organisation operating a two tier annual leave system? 50% of employees receiving 29days A/L whilst people starting after a certain date in time receive 20 days A/L. I only discovered this after 10 months of employment, and then quite by accident whilst carrying out my duties. (the information was buried and never mentioned in the relevent section of the employee handbook) They did admit that perhaps this was a mistake. Now, after 16 months of employment with this women's organisation, and speaking up at the moral injustice of such a wide gap in A/L the newer employees now receive 23 days A/L. However, due to this and other incidents I'm still finding myself unable to trust my employers. Is there a legal requirement for employers to disclose this information at the job offer stage? It would have been so much better to have been given the opportunity to have made an informed choice then on whether to accept the position, than be experiencing the misery it's causing me now.
  2. Hello, I'm new to this forum and wantedto share the recent experience I had with my employers. I have been working with a very busy Women's organisation for just under a year, and quite happily until a few weeks ago. The Service Manager and Management are always banging on about 'equality' and everyone being equally valued and having a voice in this particular workplace, and quite honestly I had no reason to doubt it until 10 months into my employment. What a mug I was. During the course of my duties I discovered that almost 50% of the workforce received 29 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, whilst the rest of us received only 20 days plus Bank Holidays. I checked the Annual Leave Policy,(electronically filed under 'Current') and this clearly stated that all employees receive 20 days A/L plus Bank Holidays. then I checked the Staff Handbook, and this too stated everyone receives 20days plus BHols. Delving a bit further, I discovered the 29 days A/L Policy filed/buried away in a file called 'Old'. I spoke with my line manager, who confirmed that there were two different policies in operation. Apparently, 3 years ago they were finding it difficult to maintain the service with all employees on 29 days annual leave, so they set a limit of 20 days for any new employees. So, now we had the situation where 10 of us are working harder and shoring up the Service for almost two weeks longer per year, whilst the other 9 enjoy almost two weeks more holiday. There was also no opportunity for those of us on 20 days to work up to 29 days through an increase on length of service scheme either. I met with the Service Manager and told her that it would have been better for me to handle if I'd been given this information at the entry point, and been allowed to make an informed choice, and that it was misleading to display only one Annual Leave Policy in the Staff Handbook. She came back at me saying that I didn't receive equal pay, so what was my problem? I'd signed my contract and accepted 20 days. I explained I was quite happy with pay scaled to level of responsiblity, but the inequality demonstrated in the annual leave policy was very disappointing and would have made a difference to my accepting the post, partly because I was raised by a trade union shop steward. Since then, the Annual Leave Policy has been re-worded to cover both entitlements, so has the Staff Handbook. Also, it was announced shortly afterwards, that Staff will receive 25 days A/L after 4 years of service anyway. I asked where this was written down, and was told that it was in the minutes of the Directors meeting. (Hmmph, this meeting hasn't taken place yet!, however, this improvement is now stated in the Annual Leave Policy also:) ). So, yes I stated my case and things have improved for the betterment of the 20 days people, but my motivation at work hasn't. Talk about depression! I feel ill thinking about how trusting I was, and how deceived I've been. I've gone from going the extra mile everyday, to summoning the energy just to turn up everyday. I'm angry and resentful, and don't really trust The Service manager, my line manager or the Directors anymore. It just seems so morally wrong that everyone does work of equal value(or so we're told), yet we're rewarded so unfairly. Any comments will be very welcome.
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