1st September 2008, 11:26 AM
I would like to see standardisation in terms of travel time, and more equality across the board generally. Someone I know was recently workign for a company that asked her to turn out to the office for 7am. This meant getting up at just gone 5, and driving in. A two hour drive to site, and the pay starts from 9am. I think that if the office is in your contract as your normal place of work, and they ask you to turn up at 7, that is when they pay should start. It is somewhat dispiriting to do a 12 hour day for 7.5 hour's pay. I would also like to see units letting you choose when to take your holiday when on a short contract, rather than rationing it out at one day a month or something.
The RAO system is only going to work if units feel a benefit from it; which can usually be quantified as being more professional and hopefully getting more work/returning clients. The IFA could only investigate complaints aginst everyone if archaeologists were required to be chartered, which I for one would support in principle. I think that was point 5.
On point 2. I would say yes. I think that making up salaries by the minimum shortfall should be the aim.
The RAO system is only going to work if units feel a benefit from it; which can usually be quantified as being more professional and hopefully getting more work/returning clients. The IFA could only investigate complaints aginst everyone if archaeologists were required to be chartered, which I for one would support in principle. I think that was point 5.
On point 2. I would say yes. I think that making up salaries by the minimum shortfall should be the aim.