baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
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as above , i am salary paid and am on call all the time, i cant find anything on the internet its all american sites that come up. I got told they brought a law out but that could be pants, its just i am now on call 7 days a week 365 days a year!
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Root
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you're not paid on call unless you do a job?
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
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depends on your contract
When i was on call I got a flat fee (think it was £80 a week) and then so much for attending site and then hours spent on site
Will depend what your contract states
[Edited on 28-07-2010 by whitter45]
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baza31
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i dont think my contract even says i am on call . But yet i am, i normally book 4 hours if i come in but it pisses me off if am in pub and i have to go get my tools and get a taxi to work
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whitter45
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then ask for your contract be be reviewed
otherwise do not go on call as they do have a leg to stand on unless its in your contract
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ed
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Some people get a daily rate for being on-call, then further money if they have to do a call-out. Others don't, but everything is up for negotiation so talk to management.
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Colin
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I think you should get something for being on standby, otherwise you wouldnt do it would you?? 
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Cosmo
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Just find things to nick when you get to the call out jobs.
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Neo
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The gf's dad is on call every other week, gets an extra couple of hundred a month for it.
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baza31
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
I think you should get something for being on standby, otherwise you wouldnt do it would you??
i know. even if it was £50 a week at least it would be worthwhile. Is there a law or is that bullshit?
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Colin
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Dont think theres a law but its probably something you'd need to have out with a boss. Tell them that if its a thankless task & isnt written into your contract then you'll no longer be doing it, see what he says. Make it clear your not looking for him to make you rich but feel you should get something for going over & above your line of duty on a daily basis.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Just find things to nick when you get to the call out jobs.
L-O-L 
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C2RL R
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you should be getting standby pay for it. I have been on call every other week for the last 6 years and have always been paid standby. if i'm giving up 26 weeks of my life every year for the companies benefit then i want paying for it! not a chance i'd be doing it 365 days a year without any extra pay.
how did it come about that you were on call? i know some of our salary paid employees are asked to be contactable all year round but for this they are given a mobile phone that the company pays for. they never have to go into work though so it's a good deal.
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Hammer
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Our engineers are paid a flat rate and then for every time they're called out then for every unit they replace. Being on call and not being paid regardless sounds a bit shit tbh.
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Colin
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Where you working now Hammer, you still in Carronshore?? 
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
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im on call once a month usually.
get £200 for it
trying to get that put up to £300 as sometimes its a nightmare
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
im on call once a month usually.
get £200 for it
trying to get that put up to £300 as sometimes its a nightmare
I can imagine when the work hacks a 6.2L
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SteveW
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get .48p a mile it just about works out even
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Colin
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Pretty sure someone on the M3 cutters worked out that to run their M3 all in cost a pound a mile!!
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SteveW
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well on motorways it works out..
around town it might be closer to £2 a mile
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Where you working now Hammer, you still in Carronshore??
Nah left there over a year ago, thank fuck!
In the past year I've went from fire alarm test engineer, maintenance engineer, fault engineer, service administrator to now being the Company Secretary of my Directors latest venture
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Colin
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Sounds good, & as far away from falkirk as possible Im guessing
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oceansoul
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Im on standby 1 in 5 weeks. Get payed extra for that week on, and then further if im called out at all.
Surely you cant be on call 24/7? How do you have a social life??
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
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I just go out regardless . I've been in pissed up before, one of my mates gave me a hand , we then went directly from work bk to town
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
I just go out regardless . I've been in pissed up before, one of my mates gave me a hand , we then went directly from work bk to town
Haha fair enough
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