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Originally Posted by SCP440
My son is a paramedic, he was telling yesterday that his manager has been doing 80 hour weeks through this but the people at the top have all but disappeared, apparently they all seem to have rellies that need looking after.
His regional manager who used to do a site visit at least every 3 to 4 weeks has not been seen since March, recently they had a visit from an MP who came to thank them for all there hard work over the last few months, when he asked where the regional manager was he got told they had not seen him, he apparently will be investigating as he has sent reports in that he has been doing weekly site visits.
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On a rota basis you may work up to 76 hours maximum in one working week, however the following week is not spent working at all, i.e. one week on one week off.
Anything else is in breach of the working hours regulations, so no 80 hour weeks, it's a tall tale
Section 10: Hours of the working week
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10.1 The standard hours of all full-time NHS staff covered by this pay system will be 37.5 hours, excluding meal breaks. Working time will be calculated exclusive of meal breaks, except where individuals are required to work during meal breaks, in which case such time should be counted as working time.
10.2 The standard hours may be worked over any reference period, e.g. 150 hours over four weeks or annualised hours, with due regard for compliance with employment legislation, such as the Working Time Regulations.
Pay circular (AforC) 2/2013: amendment number 28