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thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "datalas" ---You could opt out of doing more than 48 hours if you wished, but you would then be unfit for the job.
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My lot were very "fair" about the whole thing and HR didn't give any bias at all as to whether people should or should not sign the opt-out.  However, I felt that not signing couldn't feasibly be compatible with having a long and varied career, so I signed, like everybody else.  They went out of their way not to apply any pressure, but it's hard to see how you're going to be in line for promotion if you work 20 hours a week less than everybody else.

The French would never have signed it!

ChrisW:
I was watching Paxman having a right winge at some euro bod on the telly last night - this bloke was saying the reason they have raised it is because at the moment the average working week is calculated from a 17week period and that this was making the picture look twice as bad. They were arguing for the case for the assessment to be made over a 12month period instead which would then probably negate the necessity of opting in or out of such a scheme as most people's weekly hours when averaged over 12months wouldn't exceed the 48 hours.

muddyweb:

--- Quote from: "ChrisW70" ---I was watching Paxman having a right winge at some euro bod on the telly last night -
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I thoroughly enjoyed that... he wasn't taking any prisoners ;-)

davidlandy:

--- Quote from: "Guy110" ---I get the same if I work 37 or 60 (and its typically 60). I don't have the type of job where I can just sign off.

I wonder how it will be enforced?
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simple - pay the police overtime

JeepCher53:
Like some others, I don't get paid overtime.  My contract says: "The hours required to do the job properly" and that includes staying away, driving more hours in a day, sometimes, than lorry drivers do, trying to train NHS staff how to suck eggs (oh, is that how you take blood pressure :shock: ) moan, moan, moan.  At the end of the day, I love my job but it really gets me mad when I do earn a little bit extra  that most of the extra is taken in tax - so what's the point :evil:

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