Acceptable??????

[Owen Cash]

Hi

 

 

I work out of hours covering household emergency calls, i.e. (burst pipes / break ins / burglar alarms etc,. etc,) Sadly, due to a loss of a major contract my employer is making me redundant, however, under the company's "Restructure programme" a new position has arisen which involves working 9-5 office based, + “on call” from home to cover a small % of out of hours calls, can they do that?

 

My understanding is it's the position that's made redundant, if they require someone to cover the hours I worked then my position is not redundant, my employer states they cannot justify having me “full time” due to a rapid drop in call volume.

 

 

Any advice please?

[honeybee13]

Hi again. I agree that it's the position that's made redundant. I'm not sure about the part-time aspect, hopefully someone else will know.

 

HB

[Owen Cash]

Hi HB

I agree that it's the position that's made redundant

Thank you for the confirmation, I'll have to wait and see if any "experts" on here have an opinion

[Bigredbus]

They are going through, as you mentioned in your initial post, a restructure programme and as such they are entitled to create a position which serves the business... and they are offering this position [to you] as a suitable alternative...

[Owen Cash]

I'm not understanding something, maybe because I'm sressed

they are offering this position [to you] as a suitable alternative...

The new position will invlove being "on call" 24 hours, ie 9 - 5 office based, then being on call 5pm - 9am, I work 5pm - 9am at present, so they're asking me to increase my hours?

[Bigredbus]

Ah... those details were not mentioned in your initial post...

 

Is that two positions amalgamated into one?

[Owen Cash]

Hi BRB

Ah... those details were not mentioned in your initial post...

Oh, I thought I had as in:

 

under the company's "Restructure programme" a new position has arisen which involves working 9-5 office based, + “on call” from home to cover a small % of out of hours calls, can they do that?

 

Anyway, no worries

 

Is that two positions amalgamated into one?

No, it's a "new" position which anyone internally could apply for, the "new" position will incur someone covering the out of hours I worked as well as being office based 9 - 5 (hope I've explained it better)

[Owen Cash]

No advice awww

[MARTIN3030]

[Bigredbus]

They are going through a restructuring programme...

 

On on side, they had the office base work (9-5), and on the other one, you, on out of hours call...

 

They obviously cannot justify keeping the two positions, therefore amalgamating both, thus creating a new one (office: 9-5 and on call: 5-9)...

 

My question is... how can they justify such a move and create a 'round the clock' position?

 

You should contact a manager or your HR department and ask how they intend to manage that position...

[Owen Cash]

Have I confused you? not difficult :grin: lol

 

My position is "at risk" my my employer has created a new position which involves covering the hours and job I do at present, for example, I work 12 hour nights shifts 6pm - 6am, my employer has created a new position which involves someone working 9 -5 (office based during the day) then "on call" from home between 5pm - 9am thus covering the hours & job I already do.

 

There "IS" a requirement for my position, but due to loss of a major contract, the volume of work has subsided considerably, hence, why they've decided to make me redundant, I'm confused whether they are legally correct is what they're doing, as I thought it was the position that's redundant, based on the example above, my position is not redundant, albeit the workload has reduced.

 

Hope I've explained my situation better ;-)