Hi. Looking for recommendations on where I can get good employment advise or advise here on my situation. I have applied for a new role in my company (I work here 20y) and have been offered it - in terms of rank its a promotion with some increase in salary and benefits. The area of work is interesting so it would be disappointing for me to loose it/not accept it. I discovered that the terms of contracts that I've been asked to sign changed in regards to overtime provisions. I work 4 day week i.e 28h (get 4/5th of salary). In my previous role, while I often would work overtime, I never claimed overtime pay and we had a gentleman agreement with my manager that I can claim time in lieu. Turns out my new role is a lot more demanding and short staffed and I envisage having to work long hours regularly like the rest of the team (working full time). I envisage it will be totally unrealistic to claim time in lieu.
Now to change in contract: my old contract states that if required to work overtime, it is paid at overtime rate i.e. everything over my 28 hours would be paid overtime. The overtime provision in the new contract is removed completely, though I did manage to negotiate additional pay for extra 7h to eliminate part time bias as compared to full time employee. The contract also explicitly states "you may be required to work additional hours at evenings, weekend at no additional pay... your remuneration package reflects the fact that no additional remuneration will be paid". I understand, given this provision, and in accordance to Irish law, I can be asked to work up to 49h week at no additional pay, in spite of m contract stating 28h week?
To note, to me, my additional benefits do not cover the extra stress and extra hours required to work overtime in this role. . So I guess the questions are: What can I do to change the terms? Do I have any power to argue against new terms or do I just have to accept because HR say so. Would really love a good legal advise so if someone can recommend a firm would appreciate. Thank you in advance
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Now to change in contract: my old contract states that if required to work overtime, it is paid at overtime rate i.e. everything over my 28 hours would be paid overtime. The overtime provision in the new contract is removed completely, though I did manage to negotiate additional pay for extra 7h to eliminate part time bias as compared to full time employee. The contract also explicitly states "you may be required to work additional hours at evenings, weekend at no additional pay... your remuneration package reflects the fact that no additional remuneration will be paid". I understand, given this provision, and in accordance to Irish law, I can be asked to work up to 49h week at no additional pay, in spite of m contract stating 28h week?
To note, to me, my additional benefits do not cover the extra stress and extra hours required to work overtime in this role. . So I guess the questions are: What can I do to change the terms? Do I have any power to argue against new terms or do I just have to accept because HR say so. Would really love a good legal advise so if someone can recommend a firm would appreciate. Thank you in advance
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