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<blockquote data-quote="Salvia" data-source="post: 1401160" data-attributes="member: 278312"><p>Sorry but I don't think the Working Time Directive applies in this case because this employer made a big point of telling the OP right at the start that she had total freedom to work the hours any way or any time she wanted. They know exactly what they are doing - and they know they are abusing staff - and I'm guessing they know they can get away with it; and I suspect they have got away with it several times before. If nothing else, they've got themselves a good legal adviser. That's my beef with this outfit - their total hypocrisy and ruthlessness. It's cynical behaviour like that which needs to be brought into public limelight and stamped out. But that's easy for me to say, standing here on the sidelines; I'm not the one who would have to put my head over the parapet.</p><p></p><p>ps: I think the 'freedoms' were originally intended for positions such as Executives or Directors of companies not to the ordinary workers, including junior managers, but the rules and interpretations have been stretched so much over the years that they are now used to get round the regs. This is one of the reasons I object so much to what's happened here - the company knew exactly what they were doing, that the workload couldn't fit into the hours no matter what working pattern was followed, & they knew the likely result (hence the pre-planning to cover themselves) - and that's why I don't think there was genuine 'freedom' for OP's in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salvia, post: 1401160, member: 278312"] Sorry but I don't think the Working Time Directive applies in this case because this employer made a big point of telling the OP right at the start that she had total freedom to work the hours any way or any time she wanted. They know exactly what they are doing - and they know they are abusing staff - and I'm guessing they know they can get away with it; and I suspect they have got away with it several times before. If nothing else, they've got themselves a good legal adviser. That's my beef with this outfit - their total hypocrisy and ruthlessness. It's cynical behaviour like that which needs to be brought into public limelight and stamped out. But that's easy for me to say, standing here on the sidelines; I'm not the one who would have to put my head over the parapet. ps: I think the 'freedoms' were originally intended for positions such as Executives or Directors of companies not to the ordinary workers, including junior managers, but the rules and interpretations have been stretched so much over the years that they are now used to get round the regs. This is one of the reasons I object so much to what's happened here - the company knew exactly what they were doing, that the workload couldn't fit into the hours no matter what working pattern was followed, & they knew the likely result (hence the pre-planning to cover themselves) - and that's why I don't think there was genuine 'freedom' for OP's in this case. [/QUOTE]
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