Interviews and Employees Rights

[Pheebs]

Heh I have already mentioned it and I couldn't pull a sicky/go awol without an immense amount of guilt anyway! I'm too honest

I need the full days off as the interviews are in London - and I'm in Exeter Getting there would be troublesome!

Pickys just come in and I explained it a bit to him. He's very angry as they admitted to me they wouldn't incur any loss of money to themselves etc in my Teaching Assistant role but there might be problems with me being a tutor (as cover would be required). Currently I am being a tutor without an increase in pay and with an increase of responsibility and work load. I'm waiting to hear from them about changing my contract but they're very reluctant to. Unison are absolutely shocked I'm a tutor and in their words - should be being paid £500 more a month (put up to a level 3 TA).

So yeh... if they blame my tutor I will just say I refuse to do it anymore as they're currently getting me for free on it.

Grrrr!

I have just sent a lengthy email to my head teacher explaining how vitally important these interviews are and how they could potentially set me up for life - they're not for jobs of the same pay/work as currently. I pretty much begged in the email.

fingers crossed it will have worked.

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

Bar -stewards. They know this is important - they know it _could_ set me up for life.

Sorry to say Pheebs, it's not their problem. But then I always look at these things from the other side of the fence being an employer myself. If you're being paid to do a job is there any reason they should let you have time off?

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

these interviews are and how they could potentially set me up for life

If, and it's a big IF, that is the case....is it worth taking the risk and going anyway.

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Desmo

Sorry to say Pheebs, it's not their problem. But then I always look at these things from the other side of the fence being an employer myself. If you're being paid to do a job is there any reason they should let you have time off?

She's being paid to do a job, just not being paid to do the job she is doing (this kinda makes sense)...

I hope that they do give you the time off (and give you backpay for being a tutor) but I'm pretty sure they don't have to

*crosses all his things which can be crossed*

*realises that's stupid so grabs the shotgun to go and have a 'chat' with the headteacher*

[Rich_L]

To the best of my knowledge they're under no obligation to give you any time off, unless you've been given notice that you are being made redundant in which case you're entitled to 'reasonable time' with pay to attend interviews.

I think interviews are the one thing where you can 'morally' get away without telling your employer what you're up to, ideal for 'sickies' really. In the past I've asked for a days holiday (but for a different reason) and gone to interviews etc.

That doesn't really help, but good luck persuading the employers to let you go

[Wellington]

Tell them you have an appointment, don't tell em what it is but that you need X amount of time off to attend. When they ask why tell them it's personal.

It's what I've done for the last two meetings I've had (meetings to arrange a loan for my new business)

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by dymetrie

She's being paid to do a job, just not being paid to do the job she is doing (this kinda makes sense)...

Which is a different issue really

Sorry, I just struggle to take my "boss" hat off on things like this

[Pheebs]

I can't lie... it's just not me to lie... plus they already know it's interviews. I'm massively underpaid and stupidly over worked... and if I'm honest, since the beginning of my employment with them I have been mucked around left right and center. If they say no I will seriously consider handing in my resignation. I don't want to cause them problems and I have a lot of work to do to get my cards up and running. It would be unfair on them for me to have to keep disappearing every week.

In some ways it would be easier for me to do this and just temp so when I needed to disappear frequently, I could do so without worries of upsetting anyone.

Heh, temping I would probably get paid more than I do now thinking about it I was coming home with £800ish a month (after tax) when I was temping - £100 more than I do now!

We shall see. I'm going in very level headed but prepared to beg in essence. (Also prepared to make them understand they're underpaying me and I want to be back paid and level upped - if not I refuse to continue my position as a tutor.)

*eak*

/me hates conflict

[Arcade Fire]

Be strong! Show them who's boss from the off and they won't dare mess you around. You need to demonstrate that you're a single-minded independent woman with an iron will, and that you're willing to play hardball to get your way. Don't let them tread on you - ideally you want them tippy-toeing around you 'cause they're so scared of upsetting you. Go play the part of a power-bitch and they'll both fear and respect you.

Alternatively you could cry a bit. That sometimes works.

[Admiral Huddy]

If this is what you mean.. I've just checked our staff handbook and it states that interviews must be conducted in persons own time or use of holiday entitlement. It also states that the employee has a duty to disclose any intension of moving jobs which includes interviews.

I'm not sure they can do anything apart from make life a bit awkward.. I'd pull a sicky.