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My nephew has been working in a busy town centre pub for just over a year, and the managers are really trying it on in my opinion. Here's why:
1. They knew he was a student when they took him on and the hours he could work would have to fit in with course work. Now they insist he must work at the pub even if he is at college, and last week he worked 50 hours on top of college work.
2. He has to pay back money if the tills are short, even though there has never been any evidence that he is the one making errors. Up to 6 people use the same till, and they all have to pay the money back- this week from one shift he's been told he must pay £30 which means the till must have been £180 short! Strange that the tills are checked only by the manager, and in the year my nephew has been there, no till has ever been over!?!
3. Once a month he has to go in on a sunday morning for training. He gets paid for one hour, but training has been known to last three hours.
4. He recently put a fresh optic on a bottle of spirits which wasn't cleaned properly. The spirits became cloudy, and he has now been told he must pay for the spirits-at the shot rate ie about £100. Cleaning the optics is another person's job.
5. He has regularly tried to book holiday days, but is told they are too busy, so he can't have them. But if his holidays aren't taken by 31 st December, he will lose them with no option to carry them over, or to be paid for them.
6. He still does not have a copy of his contract so he can't check anything out.
How much does anyone think he should have to put up with, and does anyone know what his rights are? He would quit but is trying to save up for university next year and needs the job.
Please help if you can by clarifying his legal rights.
1. They knew he was a student when they took him on and the hours he could work would have to fit in with course work. Now they insist he must work at the pub even if he is at college, and last week he worked 50 hours on top of college work.
2. He has to pay back money if the tills are short, even though there has never been any evidence that he is the one making errors. Up to 6 people use the same till, and they all have to pay the money back- this week from one shift he's been told he must pay £30 which means the till must have been £180 short! Strange that the tills are checked only by the manager, and in the year my nephew has been there, no till has ever been over!?!
3. Once a month he has to go in on a sunday morning for training. He gets paid for one hour, but training has been known to last three hours.
4. He recently put a fresh optic on a bottle of spirits which wasn't cleaned properly. The spirits became cloudy, and he has now been told he must pay for the spirits-at the shot rate ie about £100. Cleaning the optics is another person's job.
5. He has regularly tried to book holiday days, but is told they are too busy, so he can't have them. But if his holidays aren't taken by 31 st December, he will lose them with no option to carry them over, or to be paid for them.
6. He still does not have a copy of his contract so he can't check anything out.
How much does anyone think he should have to put up with, and does anyone know what his rights are? He would quit but is trying to save up for university next year and needs the job.
Please help if you can by clarifying his legal rights.