it's absolutely disgusting. and it is blatently being done so they can get away without paying. they didn't even offer the option of taking holiday instead. not that he'd want to as he wants to take that when we have our baby. he's a gardener. but there is plenty of work to be doing that doesn't involve digging in the ground. at this time of year a lot of it is cutting back trees etc and clearing leaves. they've had the odd day of no work before but it has actually been due to bad weather conditions. this has been since before christmas...