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From: Andrew G Hobart
> There are two correct ways to calcualte the juniors hours
> One is to add the total hours as above (but counting study leave days as
> 0 hours) and divide by the number of weeks NOT on
> Annual Leave, Bank Holidays or Study Leave.
What I have done Andrew, is simply added the total hours worked over 6
months (27 weeks actually), and divided by 24, thereby allowing for annual
leave. I "ignored" study leave, so to speak, by "pretending" the SHOs did
their shift that day...I figured studying for 8 hours or working for 8 hours
should attract similar remuneration, shouldn't it? Is this a reasonable
method of calculation?
> The other preferred is to take the basic calculation Total Hours worked
> over a rota cycle / number of weeks in the cycle = Base
> Hours and then add a factor to account for leave = Base Hours x L/(52-L)
> where L = the number of weeks Leave of all sorts in a
> year.
I find this method too cumbersome for my rota, as many of my SHOs are on
rotations with other units, so I haven't used it.
But my main question to you is this; the 48 hour watershed is clearly
important because of European legislation. When will our SHOs have to adhere
to this 48 hour limit? I'm particularly interested as my SHOs' hours are on
the cusp, and I wonder if I should reduce their hours slightly to comply
with Europe in the near future. Any advice would be most welcome...
Adrian Fogarty
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