How would you react?

[Ukjay]

There are plenty of work sites and offices where using a mobile phone during work hours is a sack able offence.

I fear you seem to miss the points relating to Contractual Clauses that prohibit their use. In the case in point - there appears to be nothing written contractually, nor any formally signed documentation between the employee /employer to make the use of mobile devices during working hours a dismissable act, therefore your case would more than likely be quoshed in court, because the Employer has not ensured the employee is aware of the company policies.

Statutory contracts do not usually cover every eventuality, so one should always cover as many bases as you can think of when employing others to safeguard themselves.
Ignorance when it comes to employers is heavily slanted in the employees favour unfortunately - as the law is such that people can go to work and act like they have nothing between the ears and do really stupid things!

 

[Hilly]

The best out come here is the contractor the farmer the lad go for a pint and the lad buys the pints they have a laugh forgive forget move on and carry on as normal, life is too short by far.

 

[pgk]

x2 on this one. Take the boy around there and get him to apologise to the farmer in front of you and tell him on the way there that if he doesn't pay it will be coming out of his wage. That way he might learn a lesson.

I fear you have no understanding of employment law.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

So what your saying is Life is balance, the Yin and Yang, the light and the dark, Fudge @Hilly you is deep man.

Sounds like a Jimmy Page interview
Dead right though, it's the dynamics, the light and shade of contracting and rural life (and guitar) that makes life so grand.
Be a very beige old world without a bit of difference along the way.

 

[Wellytrack]

Sounds like a Jimmy Page interview
Dead right though, it's the dynamics, the light and shade of contracting and rural life (and guitar) that makes life so grand.
Be a very beige old world without a bit of difference along the way.

Yea, there certainly is something about that.

You should read some of Alan Watts work, he had a way of explaining the Eastern or Buddhist ideas of contentment along with Western concepts, that includes the idea of multiple infinite realities - which is now scientifically proven to exist.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

I fear you have no understanding of employment law.

OK , my fault. I obviously didn't provide enough clarity for some people.. I wouldn't actually take it out of his pay...The point I was making is that the kid needs to learn pretty damn quick that for every action there is a reaction. And a little fear of god/ boss doesn't hurt. What would you have happen ? Say nothing to employee and end up doing coin and then have it happen again because you did nothing the first time? I guess its something that is a relatively new phenomenon and as such a lot of people may not have set boundaries as such. But the kid needs to learn now that this is one of them.

 

[pgk]

OK , my fault. I obviously didn't provide enough clarity for some people.. I wouldn't actually take it out of his pay...The point I was making is that the kid needs to learn pretty damn quick that for every action there is a reaction. And a little fear of god/ boss doesn't hurt. What would you have happen ? Say nothing to employee and end up doing coin and then have it happen again because you did nothing the first time? I guess its something that is a relatively new phenomenon and as such a lot of people may not have set boundaries as such. But the kid needs to learn now that this is one of them.

I don't disagree was simply pointing out the law which prevents your earlier suggestion.

 

[Paul E]

A lot depends on whether what he said was actually right.
In which case farmer might need to pull finger out!!

Ban of (anti) social media would be in order. (not TFF though !!)

 

[oil barron]

When I read the first post here and seen it was 11 pages I really hoped that the farmer in question had got involved and it got tasty.

Alas 11 pages of guff from the usual.

 

[Bloders]

A lot depends on whether what he said was actually right.
In which case farmer might need to pull finger out!!

Ban of (anti) social media would be in order. (not TFF though !!)

If he was not right in what he said, then that makes it libelous (or slander whichever it is) so has a legal consequence.
if he was vaguely right, it just makes it awful practice of gossiping about your customers.

 

[hindmaist]

When I read the first post here and seen it was 11 pages I really hoped that the farmer in question had got involved and it got tasty.

Alas 11 pages of guff from the usual.

Sorry to disappoint you so.

 

[hindmaist]

Putting stuff on social media is entirely different to blabbing about it down the pub.Its much more akin to phoning up the Farmers Weekly and giving them the story with pictures.Its more akin to having the town crier stand in the town square and spread the news.Its like having the minister put it in his Sunday morning sermon.

 

[oil barron]

Sorry to disappoint you so.

Maybe someone knows the farmer and could tip him off. Get this thing spiced up a bit.

 

[Paul E]

Putting stuff on social media is entirely different to blabbing about it down the pub.Its much more akin to phoning up the Farmers Weekly and giving them the story with pictures.Its more akin to having the town crier stand in the town square and spread the news.Its like having the minister put it in his Sunday morning sermon.

Huh! Farmers Weekly would gt it all wrong, call the farmer the wrong name, and put the wrong caption to the pictures.