Octopus Energy accused of contract breaches and 'hostile' conditions

Staff at Octopus Energy have raised a collective grievance against the energy supplier over potentially unlawful changes to workers’ contracts.  

The staff, who are members of GMB Union, have had their working weeks increased by an additional five hours – without consultation or payment for the extra work. 

GMB also alleges that workers’ morale is being ground down by unrealistic performance targets and persistent overbooking of work.

The union argues that the excessive workloads and resulting stress compromise safety standards and result in a hostile work environment.

The company has also failed to deliver training opportunities promised to employees.

Tony Tanushi, Regional Energy Officer, said:

“Octopus bills itself as a fair energy company, but there’s nothing fair about what they are doing to their staff.

“We will fight for our members’ pay and conditions.”