Scozzie Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I can work from home, so my boss lets me have 'sun' days as well as 'snow' days....just as long as I have my work Laptop, am contactable by phone and get my work done. My boss is ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normansmum Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 OP try paying peoples wages with no money coming in try running a business when your staff are by the fire nursing a sniffle. If you had booked time off for some work done and booked a job - how would you feel receiving a call half an hour before they were due to say the tradesman was off.............WITH A COLD!! ??? You are having a giraffe with me aren't you?? Oh you are a torment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I can work from home, so my boss lets me have 'sun' days as well as 'snow' days....just as long as I have my work Laptop, am contactable by phone and get my work done. My boss is ace. Snap. ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 We hear about staff being used and abused, yet rarely do we hear about the milk of human kindness. I do think that employers could show some humanity by allowing their staff to stay at home if the snow comes down, why? Colds and sniffles If one member of staff goes to work with a cold, he or she could pass it onto their work colleagues. As it becomes colder and more snowier, people are more likely to suffer a cold and as such infect his/her workmates and causing mass infections Treating staff with fairness Staff work better when they are treat with dignity and respect. If staff can stay at home by the fire when it snows, then it engenders goodwill from that member of staff. Only nasty employers would expect staff to go into work when it snows. Health and safety, trips and falls When the snow comes down, the pavement can become very slippy. Not only can this cause an injury to a member of staff, the resulting accident would cause a member of staff to be off work potentially for a few months. better to avoid this problem by allowing staff to stay at home. Also, not to mention the mental humiliation should a member of staff fall on the ice, the resulting embarrasment could result in that member of staff needing councelling and time off work dealing with stress and anguish. I'm very angry with you suggestions and want to puff my chest out and oppose them. Oh, wait, you're a massive troll who nobody but idiots takes seriously. Carry on then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 In my case yes and has, mind it is a 100 mile round trip. When the a57 was shut last year I had about a week off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I used to walk the 3 miles to work if the snow was bad, so did others. No big deal. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 int walkin int snow brill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 You think that people should stay off work with colds and sniffles?? No wonder this country is on it's knees:rolleyes: If your employer offered you a free flu shot, (not guaranteed, but an 80% chance it would work) and you rejected the offer and subsequently got ill, should your employer be obliged to pay you full sick pay or 20% of sick pay plus the cost of the flu shot? My wife's employer used to insist she had a flu shot. - A court ruling said they couldn't do that, so they said: "If you don't take the offer of free protection and you get sick, we don't pay." Sounds fair to me. When I worked for the British government I was required to be immunised. - when I joined, it was "roll up both sleeves" - 1,2,3,4 take a lump. I didn't die, I didn't get sick (people didn't do that back then) - but I did have two sore arms. If I was told: "Go and get a Yellow Fever shot" I went and got a Yellow Fever shot. If I was told: "Go and get a Cholera shot" I went and got a cholera shot. (Beats the crap out of getting Yellow Fever or Cholera.) I grew up in a world where: If you were not immunised and you were exposed to Smallpox, you might get it and you could die. If you were not immunised and you were exposed to Cholera, you could get it and you might die. If you were exposed to Tetanus and you were not immunised, you could get it and you might die. If you were exposed to para-typhoid and you were not immunised, you could get it and you might die. If you were exposed to Polio and you were not immunised, you might get it and you would probably wish you were dead. I didn't even have to pay! (And I spent a lot of time in places where those - and other diseases - were endemic. Life is different nowadays. "I don't want to have the shot, but if I get the disease, you will have to pay." Maybe. Pay for treatment, perhaps. But don't expect payment for pain, suffering and loss of amenity if you refused the shot in the first place. Back to the snow thing. If you can't get to work then obviously you should stay at home. But it's your problem. If your employer can find work you can do from home, then hopefully that employer will give you the work. The fact you couldn't get to work was YOUR problem. Why should the employer take a hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 If the boss can make it to work when it snows so can you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 If the boss can make it into work so can you. Simple as that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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