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| Thread ID: 138372 | 2014-11-20 05:02:00 | Flexable enough for you? | ruup (1827) | PC World Chat |
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| 1388393 | 2014-11-20 05:02:00 | Not even law yet,but hey lets screw the worker... The government passed the controversial ‘teabreaks’ legislation only a few weeks ago and already Unite Union has caught an employer using this law as an excuse for ill-treating their staff. Yesterday a union member, who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, emailed Hotel Organiser Shanna Reeder. "This morning in the briefing our manager declared that its now her right to decide when we take our breaks, and that since it was a busy day no one could have one until 3pm. Everyone started at 8am, and were due to finish at 3:30pm or 4pm." The new law actually will only come into effect in March 2015, however it seems this misinformed employer has jumped at the opportunity to stop workers having their breaks. Previously, National Party MP and current Minister of Labour Michael Woodhouse has said the move was aimed at providing flexibility, not taking away rights. "I think we patronise employees by pretending they cannot negotiate with their employer for a fair outcome." Unite Organiser Shanna Reeder says "This is clearly the outcome of this unfair anti-worker legislation. The Minister has been proven wrong on one occasion already and we know there will be many more instances of this abuse. He says employees can just go to the boss and negotiate things. This example clearly shows that there is no intention of negotiation from the employer. This is a blanket rule that was rolled out and announced to all staff. I’ll be writing to the Minister to advise him of this case and further cases that are reported to us that show that this piece of legislation is failing workers and stripping them of their dignity and rights." Unite Union will also be writing to the employer involved to inform them that they have breached current employment law and that they are expected to abide by current legislation at all times. If the employer does not rectify this immediately we will re-consult with the workers involved to determine what action they prefer in order to get a fair resolution. |
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| 1388394 | 2014-11-20 06:08:00 | To all the Nay Sayers who said it wouldn't happen -- Told ya so :p and there will be plenty more like this to come. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1388395 | 2014-11-20 06:18:00 | Crappy employers will exist and will do crappy things no matter what the law states. Much like the case today of petrol station workers having drive off docked out of their pay. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1388396 | 2014-11-20 06:34:00 | Crappy employers will exist and will do crappy things no matter what the law states. Much like the case today of petrol station workers having drive off docked out of their pay. Yep that does suck, stressful job on about minimum wage and that's not a small penalty. However many stations have a policy to leave the pumps on prepay these days due to the number of drive offs and if an employee makes the judgement call to open the pump and let someone fill up it's maybe not quite so unreasonable depending on the circumstances. I did that job for 6 months and wouldn't do it again, you try to judge from the counter whether or not to open a pump for someone but it's not always easy. |
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| 1388397 | 2014-11-20 09:08:00 | If you have a rough looking group roll up to the pump at 3am are you really expected to say no go away and not turn off prepay? Is it worth potentially getting beaten up over? Lucky don't have to deal with prepay in Dunedin. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1388398 | 2014-11-22 21:07:00 | Seems its not just service station employees that are being ripped by store owners - www.stuff.co.nz :annoyed: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1388399 | 2014-11-22 21:15:00 | Why did the checkout operator have to go get the eggs? Was her name Beth? :):) | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1388400 | 2014-11-23 01:32:00 | Cant really see why the supermarket owner didn't do something about it Via the Police. ? At the petone Pak N Save, if you forgot something you go and get it yourself (while holding up the line) OR the checkout operator calls over one of the other staff members / Supervisor, they don't go off them Selves. Another thing -- I would suspect all Pak N Saves are the same, they have security cameras EVERYWHERE, you couldn't scratch ya bum with out them seeing :eek: they can track anyone all the way around the shop, ( long story - But I know from experience when I had to prove their damn scan and go was wrong) so the people that were known to have stolen the shopping would be on camera. As SWMBO said,people like that would more than likely be known to the police anyway. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1388401 | 2014-11-23 21:18:00 | What about lunch breaks. They havnt been mentioned. Is there still a legal requirement for lunch breaks? Those complaining about no tea breaks, are they still getting 1/2 hour for lunch ? |
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