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Changes to working hours - On Call Hours

SwampThing · 2015-04-22 14:43:42

Hi - not sure if this is the place, but I'll give it a go. My company currently has a few guys working their normal working hours and providing an on-call service for X hours each weekday and some of the weekend. The weekday on call covers about 4 hours after normal business hours. A change in the business now means they…

22-04-2015 2:43pm

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Hi - not sure if this is the place, but I'll give it a go.

My company currently has a few guys working their normal working hours and providing an on-call service for X hours each weekday and some of the weekend. The weekday on call covers about 4 hours after normal business hours.

A change in the business now means they need 24 x 6 and ultimately 24 x 7 cover.

I assume, maybe I'm wrong, that they cannot just mandate people currently providing the on call cover to work these extra hours, even for more money, if they do not want to do it? Am I right?

Also, if a person is on call for 24 hours, X days a week, are they expected to work a standard work day as well?

What are the key points of employment law around this?

Thanks!

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