Punctuality!

[ailbhe]

Because Rob did an eight-hour day followed by a six-hour night yesterday, he is under more pressure than usual to be at work for 8:30 today for his standard eight-hour day.

Why am I the only one who seems to think that this is madness?

Comments

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

It is madness. If I'm on call for work and I have to come in overnight, I'm entitled to come in x hours late, where x is the number of hours I worked at night. I wouldn't necessarily do it if there was a big deadline coming up and I didn't feel too tired, but turning up and falling asleep at my desk benefits no-one. Some of my colleagues do not have to be on call but are expected to work longer hours with no overtime in exceptional circumstances, but they're paid more than me, knew in advance what they were signing up for and usually do not have a spouse and kids.

Isn't an eight-hour day followed by a six-hour night followed by an eight-hour day kind of illegal?

[perceval.livejournal.com]

It is illegal. My husband's been on call for another company, and he's not supposed to come into work at all if he's been working for them for a set number of hours that night. Your employer HAS to guarantee rest times.