OUR AGENCY IN THE PAST HAD ALL US START 15 MIN PRIOR TO THE HOUR IN A BREIFING ROOM. WE WERE GIVEN OUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SHIFT (WHAT RADIO OR PHONE STATION) WE THEN WENT TO THE COMM CENTER AND SIGNED ON TO COMPUTERS AND STARTED WORK..

A NEW POLICY TO SAVE MONEY RECENTLY STARTED AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT OUR STATION AND SIGNED ON TO ALL 3-4 COMPUTER SYSTEMS BY THE START OF THE HOUR AND WE NO LONGER GET A 15 MIN BREIFING. WE ARE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN WITH THE SUPERVISOR PRIOR TO STARTING WORK AND GET OUR ASSIGNMENT AND MUST BE SIGNED ON PRIOR TO THE START TIME.

MY QUESTION IS DOES ANY OTHER AGENCY DO THIS? IT SEAMS LIKE WE ARE WORKING ( WHEN WE WALK IN AND ASK FOR OUR ASSIGNMENT SINCE IT CHANGES EVERYDAY AND SIGNING IN SHOULD BE WORK TIME. WE LOST 1 HOUR OF PAY A WEEK, WE WORK 4-10 HOUR SHIFTS. DOES NOT FEEL FAIR.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT OTHER AGENCIES DO.