Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
Yesterday, I refused to wear my yellow bib n brace because it didn't go with my shirt. 
Abusive. aggressive employee
- Thread starter 1927
- Start date
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Worst generation ever.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
He is only being asked to wear a set of overalls provided for his safety and welfare, something which is in his employment, something he has been disciplined for previously. Something he has given a written undertaken to wear. And you believe he is being bullied. FFS
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Give him some yellow ones
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
"Your responsibilities
Your most important responsibilities as an employee are:
to take reasonable care of your own health and safety
if possible avoid wearing jewellery or loose clothing if operating machinery
if you have long hair or wear a headscarf, make sure it's tucked out of the way (it could get caught in machinery)
to take reasonable care not to put other people - fellow employees and members of the public - at risk by what you do or don't do in the course of your work
to co-operate with your employer, making sure you get proper training and you understand and follow the company's health and safety policies
not to interfere with or misuse anything that's been provided for your health, safety or welfare"
Personal protective equipment
Your employer must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to you free of charge. You must use this correctly, and follow the training and instruction you've been given.
In some jobs, failure to use PPE properly can be grounds for disciplinary action or even dismissal. However, you can refuse to wear PPE if it puts your safety at risk (eg PPE of the wrong size could put you at risk because of its poor fit).
Taken from here
Your most important responsibilities as an employee are:
to take reasonable care of your own health and safety
if possible avoid wearing jewellery or loose clothing if operating machinery
if you have long hair or wear a headscarf, make sure it's tucked out of the way (it could get caught in machinery)
to take reasonable care not to put other people - fellow employees and members of the public - at risk by what you do or don't do in the course of your work
to co-operate with your employer, making sure you get proper training and you understand and follow the company's health and safety policies
not to interfere with or misuse anything that's been provided for your health, safety or welfare"
Personal protective equipment
Your employer must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to you free of charge. You must use this correctly, and follow the training and instruction you've been given.
In some jobs, failure to use PPE properly can be grounds for disciplinary action or even dismissal. However, you can refuse to wear PPE if it puts your safety at risk (eg PPE of the wrong size could put you at risk because of its poor fit).
Taken from here
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Pink? Green? A man's got to have a choice!
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
No he doesn't
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Go on, meet him half way - do something nice once in your life
Treacle Toes
Time
Is this employee your colleague 1927?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Its imparcticable to do this. The quarries, our clients, insist that employees have ornage overalls. No orange overalls, no access to quarry, no contract, no work for men, redundancy, end of company!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
fire the cunt then
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
lol
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
He is only being asked to wear a set of overalls provided for his safety and welfare, something which is in his employment, something he has been disciplined for previously. Something he has given a written undertaken to wear. And you believe he is being bullied. FFS
why though does it bother you so much if you aren't the boss are you hoping for a promotion if he get's fired or summit?
It's none of your, to put it bluntly, fucking business is it if the worker isn't you and you aren't the manager i cannot beleive that anyone would be so dumb as to openly cheer the removeal of a colluege for what is in essence a minor thing which isn't legally manditory.
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Orange with nice green and blue flowers maybe?
Treacle Toes
Time
Isn't it a legal requirement if it's written into his contract of employment that he has to wear a uniform authorised, chosen and provided by the company?
Isn't it a legal requirement if it's written into his contract of employment that he has to wear a uniform authorised, chosen and provided by the company?
No you are not legally bound to wear a uniform. A park keeper would not be breaking the law by not wearing his bottle green tunic. However you do have some legal duties when at work:
From the HSE website
As an employee you have legal duties too. They include:
■ taking reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who
may be affected by what you do or do not do;
■ co-operating with your employer on health and safety;
■ correctly using work items provided by your employer, including personal
protective equipment, in accordance with training or instructions; and
■ not interfering with or misusing anything provided for your health, safety
or welfare.
may be affected by what you do or do not do;
■ co-operating with your employer on health and safety;
■ correctly using work items provided by your employer, including personal
protective equipment, in accordance with training or instructions; and
■ not interfering with or misusing anything provided for your health, safety
or welfare.
A Pair of orange overalls is not a uniform it is high vis clobber to stop you being ran over by a great big quarry wagon.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Where did I cheer his removal. When did I even mention that he might be removed?
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Green and blue flowers would cost too much, even in bulk
they've clearly only bought cheap orange things calculated to offend the maximum number of employees.LOL
Health & Safety aside, in many jobs you have to wear a uniform.
Surely if this was made clear to you when you took the job, you have to wear the uniform?
I remember working in shops and stuff where you had to wear their uniform.
I mean, could a policeman just turn up in jeans and a t-shirt and say "I'm not wearing that uniform, especially that hat that looks like a big tit on my head" without getting into trouble?
Giles..
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Green and blue flowers would cost too much, even in bulk
*shakes head*
They really need auntie Gok
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
I think on monday I'm going to demand black wellies, cos I think the green ones clash with my (yellow) bib n brace.
It is an offence worthy of gross misconduct to refuse to work on the basis that PPE isn't the right colour [to suit your personal taste]. Speaking as a real trades unionist here as opposed to just a manager hater, no union rep in their right mind would defend this guy over the facts that have been given.
Employment laws work both ways. 'Awkwardness' from individual employees does damage to unions as they try to fight just causes for the good of all of the members rather than piss about with individual folk who have an axe to grind.
Treacle Toes
Time
Are you suggesting that 1927 is a union rep?
