Collective Options-Annualised Hours
Collective options - Annualised hours
Annual hours systems in manufacturing are used to achieve continuous production throughout the year and are often introduced where shift-working systems are seen as no longer working effectively.
A feature of them is complex working patterns which need careful consultation and calculation to be successful:
- hours may be divided between planned 'rostered' shifts and 'banked' hours, for example, each employee might work 16 planned shifts in each four weeks, adding up to 1500 hours in a year and an additional 400 'banked' hours to cover holidays, sickness, training and absences as required
- shifts are organised to provide employees with blocks of days off between shifts - the numbers of days vary according to the system used but one block each month can be as long as six days
- employees can benefit from regular, longer breaks created during the working year - some systems guarantee two 16 day breaks each year, one in winter, one in summer
- managers have greater control over individuals' work patterns
- pay is on a salary basis - paid overtime is eliminated through consolidation.
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