Short Time Working And Is It Ok For The Factory Workers To Be On It But Not The Office Staff?

[winkyridg]

Hi, not sure if i've posted this question in the right category.

The company i work for has recently put all of their factory workers on Short time Working, we've gone from 39 hours a week plus overtime to a 4 day 32 hour working week due to a lack of work, our office staff are still on their normal 39 hour working week, for them, nothing has changed, is this normal/legal or right, i wonder if someone could shed some light on it for me.

Many Thanks

Keith

[THECORBYLOON]

"Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s not enough work for you."

https://www.gov.uk/lay-offs-short-timeworking

 

If there's work for the folk in the office, it would seem that is not an issue.