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NHS staff in England could lose their extra “unsocial hours” payments for working Saturdays and Sundays, under radical changes to shift-patterns aimed at keeping down the costs of running 24/7 health services.
The move is among options being considered to bring about a big reduction in night and weekend pay made under “archaic and out-of-line” contracts. A Department of Health submission to the pay review body for most non-medical staff says unsocial hours and shift work, not counting overtime, already costs £1.8bn a year for such workers.
Options outlined by the department include removing unsocial hours payments for working on Saturdays and Sundays; only axing those for working Saturdays; lowering rates for Sundays and bank holidays; changing night-shift starts from 8pm to 10pm; and “rewarding” staff for flexibility in working hours, perhaps along the lines of the AA, where pay levels reflect how readily staff are prepared to work any shift within a 24-hour period.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...l-hours-payments-department-of-health-england
So, make a hard job even harder, then cut their pay...🙄
The move is among options being considered to bring about a big reduction in night and weekend pay made under “archaic and out-of-line” contracts. A Department of Health submission to the pay review body for most non-medical staff says unsocial hours and shift work, not counting overtime, already costs £1.8bn a year for such workers.
Options outlined by the department include removing unsocial hours payments for working on Saturdays and Sundays; only axing those for working Saturdays; lowering rates for Sundays and bank holidays; changing night-shift starts from 8pm to 10pm; and “rewarding” staff for flexibility in working hours, perhaps along the lines of the AA, where pay levels reflect how readily staff are prepared to work any shift within a 24-hour period.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...l-hours-payments-department-of-health-england
So, make a hard job even harder, then cut their pay...🙄