Should I counter-complain?

Hi,

I work as a supervisor in retail,

Duty managers in my store work one in four sundays and I was lead to believe that supervisors did 2 in four.

Another supervisor in my store is not doing a sunday for the next six weeks and I am being asked to more than I was originally lead to believe. Plus I have been told if I don't do as asked I will loose 8 hours of my contract...(I believe this to be blackmaiI/ a threat) I disputed this in work yesterday and it lead to a heated arguement between me and my duty manager.

Today I have arrived at work and have now been given a disciplinary although this is meant to be for something else, it is pretty obvious that this is because I disputed working Sundays.

Can I/ should I take this further?

It seems unfair to get a disciplinary because I won't comply.

Will I have a case.... do you think I can prove that the disciplinary is because of other underlying issues?

Thanks for your help.
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Quite frankly I can see why some people don't have jobs. Two words: Chip + shoulder.

jamand

Read your contract small print - they usually install an 'As and when required by the company or necessity of the business' clause

Cari

To be honest, I think there are two separate issues here.

The first issue being that you're not happy working more Sundays than another person. As someone else has already replied, you probably don't have a leg to stand on if your contract states something along the lines of you must be available to work as and when necessary, as would be most usual in retail or any other job which involves working a shift pattern. The other thing to bear in mind is, I assume you don't know why the other supervisor is not doing any Sundays, and you really shouldn't be arguing about this without knowing. It could be anything from an issue to do with childcare, to going on a course, to doing volunteer work, or anything - it was probably a good reason for which the managers felt that a change to the roster was justified, and whether you're affected or not, no-one is obliged to tell you the reason for it.

The second issue being that you have been given a disciplinary which you feel is unfair, and which you think was given to you really because you refused to work Sundays. Now, you say that you had a "heated argument" with your manager, and I would guess that if the disciplinary really was unfair, then this would more likely be the reason for it. Does that make sense? I bet it's not about a refusal to work Sundays, it's about the way you handled it when speaking to your manager - you shouldn't have got into an argument. Now, it takes two to argue and I'm certainly not saying that your manager was right to argue back with you, but at the end of the day they are the manager.

So, can you take this further? I very much doubt that you could take the working Sundays part further. However, a disciplinary can always be appealed. But saying, "I know you really gave me this for another reason" isn't the way to do it. All you can do is prove that whatever you're accused of is untrue. If it is true, then no, there's nothing you can do about it.

lolly poop

Aw yano........You make me sick and I dont wanna be mean but I have no job along with alot of america and the world in fact and if I did have a job and had to work 2 sundays I wouldnt care less because Id be able to put food on my table and pay the rent...you sound like your used to getting your way but yano that if your not careful you can end up like me..

WORKING SUNDAYS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

so stop fussing and get on with it.

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