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beast5680:
well it seems once again Brussels will override the our government when they vote on the decision not to allow us to opt out of the working time directive
I listened to someone on the news saying it was the popular opinion amonst the workforce that they didnt want to work more than 48 hours a week-Rubbish! every one i have spoken to has said they will be out of pocket
While i would defend anyones right not to work more than 48 hours i would also support the right to work more than 48 hours if you wish to, why should i be penalised because i want to work hard and earn more money? its the overtime money i use to pay for my offroading amongst other things.
The company i work for now is less than 1 year old and we are working hard and doing some long hours where needed to make the company a success, there are two of us at present ,my boss and myself.
if someone breaks down on thurs afternoon i dont say "sorry mate done me 48 off home till monday"
what will happen to those who have a couple of jobs to earn extra cash? In my last job things got tight at home as there was not much overtime as we were not busy so i did relief driving at weekends to earn extra cash, somehow i cant see employers paying you more to make up for no overtime.
the french and germans say we have the british disease of not wanting to leave work on time, well i,m proud to be ill then and will carry on working hard

Rant over

old joe:
couldn't agree with you more mate

I'm Contracted for 36hrs a week however more often than not i have work more and sometimes a double shift cause somebody's gone sick and they need somebody to cover.

this will not only hit us at work Security but drivers everybody all i say up your strasbourg telling us what to do take your bill and well its family forum

dazza  :evil:  :evil:  :twisted:  :twisted:

Manicminer:
The British economy is strong compared to Germany and France.
The only way to make us less competitive is to cut down on the amount of work we do then they suddenly have a stronger/more competitive economy.
Politics on an European scale :roll:
Me grabs the World Atlas and have another look at Canada

thermidorthelobster:
The flip side of the argument is, I get paid the same however much I work.  I signed the opt-out form because I felt it would not reflect well on me if I didn't.  So sometimes I can be working all hours of the week and can't do much about it.

Personally, it would probably be a good thing for me if we didn't opt out, because I'd get paid the same, but not be under pressure to work long hours!

Not that I don't sympathise with everybody in the other position, but that's it from my perspective.

Note that France is more productive per capita than the UK, but they work many fewer hours per year than we do.  The general concensus is that they're more productive when they do work, because they don't find it such a grind.  Or something like that.

Bob696:

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ditto

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