3rd April 2006, 06:03 PM
Hmm, thanks for the info. IMHO it makes a mockery of having a working hours directive at all. The 17 week rule is probably not going to be relevant to fixed term contrcat workers.
Personally I don't see it as ethical or "right" at all. Sure, at one time during a boom period I used to work 7 days a week and to all hours (all office stuff), and as a "professional" have never clock watched, but it was never compulsory.
In due course maybe BAJR/IFA could campaign/insist on a reasonable 5 day/40 hour week? Somehow limited exceptional circumstances need to be catered for but without allowing exploitation of staff.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
Personally I don't see it as ethical or "right" at all. Sure, at one time during a boom period I used to work 7 days a week and to all hours (all office stuff), and as a "professional" have never clock watched, but it was never compulsory.
In due course maybe BAJR/IFA could campaign/insist on a reasonable 5 day/40 hour week? Somehow limited exceptional circumstances need to be catered for but without allowing exploitation of staff.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.