Is anyone working Paddy's day?

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:01pm #1

I'm in work til midnight, and I'm not getting double, or even time and a half for it since we work the English calender. I think we're the only people in my city working for Paddy's day.. The rest of the town will be out having a great craic break chairs and bottles off each other. This is disappointing.

phasers · 15-03-2008 5:04pm

I thought English companies had to follow the Irish calendar

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:06pm

phasers wrote: »

I thought English companies had to follow the Irish calendar

Do they? This one doesn't. Kinda peed off tbh. We have outsourced staff that make up the majority of the workforce out foreign who don't celebrate paddy's day. I don't see why they can't handle the clients.

AARRRGH · 15-03-2008 5:10pm

Aol?

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:16pm

I'll say nothing!

phasers · 15-03-2008 5:17pm

ouch! my brother's been telling the boss he's to get off for "religious reasons" for about 3 years now

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 15-03-2008 5:20pm

I'd check into this if I were you. I'm putting in 5 hours in the afternoon and getting two extra holidays in place.

As fat as I know, it's a bank holiday here, you work it, you get legally compensated.

[QUOTE=Organisation of Working Time (Organisation of Working Time Act 1997)

21.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an employee shall, in respect of a public holiday, be entitled to whichever one of the following his or her employer determines, namely—

( a ) a paid day off on that day,

( b ) a paid day off within a month of that day,

( c ) an additional day of annual leave,

( d ) an additional day's pay:

Provided that if the day on which the public holiday falls is a day on which the employee would, apart from this subsection, be entitled to a paid day off this subsection shall have effect as if paragraph (a) were omitted therefrom.

[/QUOTE]

The English calender idea is bull**** - if they're registered in Irieland, as far as I know, they're legally bound to the irish calender.

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:25pm

I think it might be in our contract to work Paddy's day. Maybe that circumvents it? I'm not sure. All I know is, we should at least be given off our national holiday. I don't mind working the bank holidays and that, but Paddy's day is once a year.

Denis Irwin · 15-03-2008 5:28pm

No and I'm not working Good Friday or the Tuesday after Easter either.

God bless the civil service

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:30pm

You're all lucky

I'm off easter though, thank god. Have a dinnerdance to go to. I was scheduled in for Easter Monday, but one of the lads offered to swap it with me so I have it off, so that's cool

kelle · 15-03-2008 5:34pm

Yes, I'm a hospital worker. People don't stop getting sick or having injuries just because it's Paddy's Day!

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:35pm

kelle wrote: »

Yes, I'm a hospital worker. People don't stop getting sick or having injuries just because it's Paddy's Day!

They are inconsiderate. I'd never get ill on Paddy's day Kelle, never.

robinph · 15-03-2008 5:39pm

You'll get next Friday off though so stop your complaining.

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:40pm

robinph wrote: »

You'll get next Friday off though so stop your complaining.

I don't work fridays. Thanks for your concern.

15-03-2008 5:43pm

Eh no you're not the only one, I'll be working in an international call centre, and I'll be working on Good Friday as well. I don't get any holidays off except Christmas Day. So stop your moaning!
I'm used to it tbh, have worked in hotels so far where it's expected of you to work every weekend and late nights, and all holidays with no extra compensation whatsoever. I assume it's the same for all hotel, restaurant staff, doctors, nurses etc. At least I get double time where I am now!

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:46pm

robinph wrote: »

You'll get next Friday off though so stop your complaining.

Actually, I stand corrected. I am working that Friday! You big jinx!

kelle · 15-03-2008 5:46pm

dlofnep wrote: »

They are inconsiderate. I'd never get ill on Paddy's day Kelle, never.

However, when I'm scheduled to be there I like to be kept busy to make the time pass quickly!

dlofnep · 15-03-2008 5:58pm

kelle wrote: »

However, when I'm scheduled to be there I like to be kept busy to make the time pass quickly!

Yeah, nothing worse than a slow day. I'm sure you'll be kept busy with all the glass stuck in peoples faces and what not.

Is anyone working Paddy's day?

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