Do i have to attend training on my day off

ciara222

Hi ,

ive been working in my workplace for over a year. I work nights and had to do a course saturday morning at 9am. I was exhausted as im a parent too and my boss said i was an embarrassment as i couldn't stay awake. my male supervisor was given a half day to attend while i was made do the entire shift. I worked 48 hours and had to come in on my day off. i have also been told that due to my poor performance there reconsidering any future training.

Another issue was when a production problem occurred. my time to finish was 9 pm and was told that i should of stayed on as it was unacceptable. i do my reasonable amount of overt time every week. That night my kid was ill and i wanted to get home.

davo10

Just to clarify, is your finish time 9pm or 9am? You say you work "nights" but then you say your finish time is 9pm. Night shifts are shifts where you work at least three hours between midnight and 7am.

You say your supervisor was given a half day to attend, does that mean he took a half day the day before the course? Was this his annual leave or time en lieu for attending course? Was the time off due to seniority (you said he's a supervisor) or do you think it was because he is a man and you are a woman? I think you might want to change your title from "discrimination" to "Do I have to attend training course on my day off"

Falling asleep on a training course is not ideal, particularly if the content of the course is necessary for your job and attendance is a requirement. Were their only a few people in attendance? Was it obvious to the speaker that you had fallen asleep?

ciara222

theres 6 in the group.

the supervisor and i finished at 11pm and the only difference is i start earlier. i worked 48 hours not including the training period. I understand the supervisor works past 11PM every night but he has no carer responsibility as i have told them. i could not get a baby sitter to cover over night and cover the duration of the course also.

in my opinion its very unfair as i would not start work usually untill the afternoon in general. i did my best during the duration of the course but as it was coming to an end struggled with exhaustion.

screamer

Realistically, employers don't care that you have children or not, that's your choice and your responsibility. As regards the training course, yes, they can ask for you to attend but you should have had an appropriate rest break between shift ending and training. You should have at least 11 hours between them, by law- http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/20/section/11/enacted/en/html#sec11
If you finished at 11PM then they had no right to ask you to turn in for training or any work related activity until at least 10AM the following morning, and you'd have been well within your rights to say that you'd go, but only at 10AM.
Now, if you are getting some flexibility with regards working hours, tread carefully, as they may just cancel that, and expect you to work the same hours as everyone else. To be honest, they should be a bit more understanding that you'd be tired in training after working till 11 the previous night too. I hate to say it, but sounds like they are not an ideal employer, and maybe it's time to look around. Oh, and you should get an extra day off in lieu of the day you lost having to attend training.

jimmycrackcorm

When you say you worked 48 hours, I presume you meant during the week.

So essentially you did a normal days shift and then had to come into work for training early.

You're entitled to 11 consecutive hours of rest between your shift and next work (which includes training). If you finished at 9pm and training started at 9am the next day then I don't see an issue.

As for the overtime separately, A lot depends on what your contract says, particularly if it requires you to be available sometimes for overtime. It's not your employers problem if you have childcare issues.