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Am I being unreasonable?

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  • 22-06-2011 1:59pm
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    LegacyUser
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    I started a new job a few weeks ago and I feel they are taking advantage of staff.

    We are not given breaks most of the time, expected to work until late at night and come in early the next morning (with only 5 hours or less between shifts) and stay on well past our rostered time.

    I usually stay between 30 minutes to an hour after my rostered time as I feel this is reasonable, sometimes they want us to stay over 4 hours. Do I have to stay or am I entitled to go home? Am I being unreasonable ensuring all these issues don't happen to me. I ask them for breaks, refuse to do shifts with only a couple of hours between them and won't stay longer than an hour after my time.


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    Lux23
    Registered Users Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    I think the best thing for you to do is call up the Citizen Advice Bureau and find out exactly what the laws are regarding breaks/time between shifts etc. Then request a meeting with someone in HR and tell them your concerns, if you are armed with the information its harder for them to make excuses. Are they paying you for staying late?


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    Macker1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭Macker1


    Lux23 wrote: »
    I think the best thing for you to do is call up the Citizen Advice Bureau and find out exactly what the laws are regarding breaks/time between shifts etc. Then request a meeting with someone in HR and tell them your concerns, if you are armed with the information its harder for them to make excuses. Are they paying you for staying late?

    It sounds like there would be no HR dept in place given the state of affairs as described by the poster.


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