Hi everyone. I'm UK based and work in a small but very busy family run store. We have 9 members of staff to keep the store running and the three family members oversee everything.
We have a few members of staff in particular who won't cover when people are on holiday, and this causes problems for the rest of the team who then regularly have to work 6 or 7 days in a row. My own personal record is 23 days.
This has obviously annoyed the owner who, instead of dealing with those two individuals seperately, has told us that we are all now responsible for getting cover for our holidays, and if we can't do that, we don't get a holiday.
The store is really successful and most of us come in early and leave sometimes 30 minutes late for no extra pay. The boss said to another member of staff that he could 'close the doors at anytime, because I have plenty of money, a big house and nice cars' and I find that completely degrading.
I'm just wondering if legally, he is entitled to do this to us?
Thank you.