Hi everyone,
We have a number of employees who are all employed as general operatives and it states that on their contracts with their hourly rates of pay. Some shifts are on different rates of pay due to the nature of the work they do. If an employee from the lower rate of pay shift was asked to cover for the higher rate of pay shift, then do we have to pay that employee the higher rate of pay for that shift? And what if it was just for a couple of hours cover? The employees are all male so there would be no claim of sex discrimination re equal pay.
Any help would be appreciated as I am hearing conflicting advice and I would like to know legally where we stand.
Thank you
Marie
marie smith