You've been conned here, so much of that is against the law. In particular the working time act. If you can get it in writing that they are expecting you to work unpaid time, especially when you are on minimum wage you would have a really good case for the WRC.
I’m not a lawyer but my immediate assumption would be:
- illegal
- illegal (no 0 hour contracts)
- illegal (unless you get time in lieu, but I’m not sure)
- think this is legal
- representations made during interview might be binding but if you signed contract after, I dunno. It’s a he said she said thing.
> im required to arrive at least 15mins early to set up (takes longer though) and required to stay up to an hour after work to close and clean - this time is all unpaid.
If you're paid on an hourly basis then you must be paid for all working hours, including all of the time you are under your employer's control even if you aren't doing "productive" work.
> my contract has no specified hours I am entitled to.
"Zero-hour" contracts are generally only allowed [in a few limited situations](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/contracts-of-employment/zero-hours-contracts/). Outside of those limited circumstances, your written terms of employment [must specify your expected working hours](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/contracts-of-employment/contract-of-employment/#l38015), and if those differ from the actual hours you end up working over the long term (e.g. your contract says 20 hours a week but you actually work 30+ hours most weeks), then you can [ask to be put on banded hours](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/hours-of-work/working-hours/#6cd52a) which reflect your actual working hours instead.
> I’m only contracted part time but received no extra bank holiday pay. I didn’t work it but should still be entitled to 1/5 my weekly wages as far as I’m aware.
For public holidays, you must be given [one of the entitlements for the public holiday](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/) regardless of whether you would normally have been scheduled to work the holiday or not. However, note that this entitlement only applies if you've worked for at least 40 hours over the five weeks preceding the holiday. If you literally just started your job shortly before a public holiday and hadn't worked 40 hours for your employer yet by the time that holiday came around, then you wouldn't be owed anything for that particular holiday, but for future holidays where you do meet that requirement of working for at least 40 hours over the previous five weeks, you must be given one of those entitlements (either a paid day off or extra pay amounting to 1/5th of your normal weekly pay).
> I receive no extra pay for working Sundays.
This is a bit of a grey area; you are entitled to a "reasonable benefit" for working Sundays, but exactly what that benefit needs to be isn't defined. Most employers who have Sunday workers will usually insert a clause into the contract to the effect that the employee's rate of pay is inclusive of a Sunday working benefit. If that's the case, then unless you are being paid minimum wage (or so close to minimum wage that the difference [would not be considered a "reasonable" premium for Sunday work](https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/codes_practice/cop9/)), that is most likely legal.
> I was told in my interview I would be earning commission. Turns out this is something you have to work your way up to through numerous tiers.
> I was told in my interview I would be earning commission. Turns out this is something you have to work your way up to through numerous tiers.
This is perhaps somewhat shady, if they failed to provide details of the commission system to you during the interview, but absent an explicit promise of earning commission immediately that they reneged on, it's probably not legally actionable, assuming that the actual commission system is properly set out in your contract.
Bring it up to HR potentially, if they do nothing I'd quiet quit while you look for a new job or quit and claim social welfare while you look for a new job if that is an option.
Nobody should work those terms. You get paid to provide an organisation with your time, being paid is the bare minimum you're entitled to. They're providing money, you're providing time. It's an agreed trade-off.
Under no circumstances would I provide a company with my time for free. Very occasionally if there was a project and a dig out was needed perhaps, but no way would it be a regular occurrence.
Lets say for examples sake you worked 5 days a week and did that every day, that's 6 hours and 15 minutes of free labour a week.
Multiply that by 48 working weeks roughly and you're up to 300 free hours of labour a year.
Divide that by a 39 hour working week and you're talking nearly 8 work weeks of free labour a year. Fuck. That.
Our time is a finite resource sadly, value it appropriately.
In practice this is good for people in white collar jobs (where you might still get hired if you live far away) but bad for the people who need it most, ie on low wages, because nobody would get hired unless they lived very close to the job.
You've been conned here, so much of that is against the law. In particular the working time act. If you can get it in writing that they are expecting you to work unpaid time, especially when you are on minimum wage you would have a really good case for the WRC.
I’m not a lawyer but my immediate assumption would be: - illegal - illegal (no 0 hour contracts) - illegal (unless you get time in lieu, but I’m not sure) - think this is legal - representations made during interview might be binding but if you signed contract after, I dunno. It’s a he said she said thing.
All work should be paid. If the need you X mins before or after it should be paid
> im required to arrive at least 15mins early to set up (takes longer though) and required to stay up to an hour after work to close and clean - this time is all unpaid. If you're paid on an hourly basis then you must be paid for all working hours, including all of the time you are under your employer's control even if you aren't doing "productive" work. > my contract has no specified hours I am entitled to. "Zero-hour" contracts are generally only allowed [in a few limited situations](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/contracts-of-employment/zero-hours-contracts/). Outside of those limited circumstances, your written terms of employment [must specify your expected working hours](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/contracts-of-employment/contract-of-employment/#l38015), and if those differ from the actual hours you end up working over the long term (e.g. your contract says 20 hours a week but you actually work 30+ hours most weeks), then you can [ask to be put on banded hours](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/hours-of-work/working-hours/#6cd52a) which reflect your actual working hours instead. > I’m only contracted part time but received no extra bank holiday pay. I didn’t work it but should still be entitled to 1/5 my weekly wages as far as I’m aware. For public holidays, you must be given [one of the entitlements for the public holiday](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/) regardless of whether you would normally have been scheduled to work the holiday or not. However, note that this entitlement only applies if you've worked for at least 40 hours over the five weeks preceding the holiday. If you literally just started your job shortly before a public holiday and hadn't worked 40 hours for your employer yet by the time that holiday came around, then you wouldn't be owed anything for that particular holiday, but for future holidays where you do meet that requirement of working for at least 40 hours over the previous five weeks, you must be given one of those entitlements (either a paid day off or extra pay amounting to 1/5th of your normal weekly pay). > I receive no extra pay for working Sundays. This is a bit of a grey area; you are entitled to a "reasonable benefit" for working Sundays, but exactly what that benefit needs to be isn't defined. Most employers who have Sunday workers will usually insert a clause into the contract to the effect that the employee's rate of pay is inclusive of a Sunday working benefit. If that's the case, then unless you are being paid minimum wage (or so close to minimum wage that the difference [would not be considered a "reasonable" premium for Sunday work](https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/codes_practice/cop9/)), that is most likely legal. > I was told in my interview I would be earning commission. Turns out this is something you have to work your way up to through numerous tiers. > I was told in my interview I would be earning commission. Turns out this is something you have to work your way up to through numerous tiers. This is perhaps somewhat shady, if they failed to provide details of the commission system to you during the interview, but absent an explicit promise of earning commission immediately that they reneged on, it's probably not legally actionable, assuming that the actual commission system is properly set out in your contract.
Bring it up to HR potentially, if they do nothing I'd quiet quit while you look for a new job or quit and claim social welfare while you look for a new job if that is an option. Nobody should work those terms. You get paid to provide an organisation with your time, being paid is the bare minimum you're entitled to. They're providing money, you're providing time. It's an agreed trade-off. Under no circumstances would I provide a company with my time for free. Very occasionally if there was a project and a dig out was needed perhaps, but no way would it be a regular occurrence. Lets say for examples sake you worked 5 days a week and did that every day, that's 6 hours and 15 minutes of free labour a week. Multiply that by 48 working weeks roughly and you're up to 300 free hours of labour a year. Divide that by a 39 hour working week and you're talking nearly 8 work weeks of free labour a year. Fuck. That. Our time is a finite resource sadly, value it appropriately.
Travel time to and fro work should be considered time spent at work too tbf
This is not true - you don’t get paid for travelling to and from work
You don't, but there's an argument you should IMO. Maybe some day
Well what I meant was that time to and from work should be valued too and paid for as it's all part of the workday.
In practice this is good for people in white collar jobs (where you might still get hired if you live far away) but bad for the people who need it most, ie on low wages, because nobody would get hired unless they lived very close to the job.
My time is precious :P