i clean the floor in a supermarket with a taski machine. to relieve bordom i use a mp3 player to take my mind off it . ive now been told i cannot use this no more. due to me having to go into the w/house to refill and a fork truck is onuse its too dangerous. however the shop floor has its hazzards with pallet wheels and stock moving up and down the ailes all of my nightshift. its not in the rules or company policy that you carnt use it . they say its against the law !. what law ? if so why is it not in the company policies ?
2006-09-03 09:46:50 · 13 answers · asked by ADONIS G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
there does not have to be a law against it, to be against company policy, if the company says you can't, then you can't.
Is that too hard to understand that they company you work for can make the rules you have to follow.
2006-09-03 09:49:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be against shop law but not THE law.
It would come under health and safety though, and at the end of the day you are there to do a job, not listen to music. My job at the bank was quiet at times but I wouldn't be able to sit and listen to music when I was bored.
Companies cannot stipulate every little thing you are not allowed to do in their policies or they would be 1000000000000000 pages long.
You cannot have sex with a chicken on the shop floor
You cannot masturbate in the freezer
And so it goes on.....
There will be something in the policy stating you must conduct yourself in a safe manner etc and this would cover the use of MP3's.
Accept it, you can't do what you want on company time!
2006-09-03 17:49:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your mind is not on your work, and your attention, someone is likely to be badly hurt or killed, and you are sleep-walking into a disaster. A few years back, I was filling up a cement-mixer, with a fork-lift driver waiting to take a mortar-tub away from the mixer, when I had tipped it out. He was extending the boom to take the tub, and, because he was talking on the phone, Rather than giving his work the full attention it warrants, he held the lever too long, and punched the mixer over, towards me. I just got out of the way, it brushed my chest and stomach, and if it had fell on me, it would have a) crushed me and b) lathed my guts out! I approached the cab, opened the door, took the mobile-phone off the pillock who had nearly killed me, and threw it against a wall, smashing it to pieces. I punched him hard in the face, and asked him why he thought I should die, because he can't concentrate on his job.
He went straight home, and didn't come back. He got off lightly.
You are at work. You are paid to do that job. If it is boring, then you are being paid to get bored. Get some qualifications, and find another job, one which doesn't bore you.
2006-09-03 17:01:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not think that it is against the law, but i imagine that it will be a health and safety aspect.
if u were to hurt urself because u were pre-occupied or something similar due to ur music, and the company had not warned u or given u rules about this, then u maybe able to successfully sue them for an accident at work, but because they have told u not to use these at work, they have discharged some of the liability if an accident were to occur because of it
2006-09-05 18:43:44 · answer #4 · answered by tilomilo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Have Not Read That Its Against The Law
2006-09-03 16:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by Howard B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be againts OSHA safety rules which is a law in the United States. However, cannot speak for other countries.
2006-09-03 16:53:34 · answer #6 · answered by redhotboxsoxfan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it have to be spelled out that impaired hearing around potentially dangerous machinery can be fatal? Your employer is acting in your interests and you want to chalenge this by resorting to the law. This cannot be terribly clever can it?
2006-09-04 05:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's against any law it is probably a violation of an OSHA regulation which prohibits having your hearing impaired while working around heavy machinery.
2006-09-03 16:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE LAW?
The only applicaple law is that yoy employer has to right to set these standards. Aparently they dont want headphones on worlers- you could, unfortunately, be terminated.
2006-09-03 16:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is against health and safety law.
This says you should not do anything that could endanger yourself or other employees.
2006-09-03 16:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by championis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋