"Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote in message
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"Brimstone" wrote in message
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Well, I find it insulting as I don't get time off because of the
extra hours I work, and I would imagine the millions of people
working for the many companies in many industries that don't leech of
public money, and don't have a corrupt union propping them up might
feel similarly about the situation.


Do you regularly work a 37.5 hour week but only get paid for 35?


I regularly work weeks of 40+ hours, and in my contract I specifically had
to sign an opt-out of the European Law on the maximum 48 hour week, and I
get paid a fixed salary based on a notional 37.5 hour week, with no
overtime or time off over and above that.


Unless you work for one of a few specific occupations, that's not legal.
Why don't you wait until after you're no longer on probation and then inform
your employer in writing that you are opting back in?

In any event, you shouldn't resent other people getting a better deal than
you did.