If your company insists that you wear E.S.D and toe protective shoes/boots, can you refuse to wear them if they are too tight.
Where would you stand if they made you wear them or faced disiplinary action?
2006-10-26 00:58:13 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Also the company have said that the place where they get the shoes from do not do a wide fitting, so they won't be able to get me ones that fit properly
2006-10-26 01:05:29 · update #1
the company is obliged to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) where a risk assesment deems it necessary. im sure the health and safety at work act says that it should be suitible to the individual (i.e correct size.) if their main supplier cant get the correct size then they need to look to another company to get them for you.
you are legally obliged to wear them once supplied and instructed to. Failiure to do so can lead to disciplinary action and eventual dismissal in extreme cases. its in your own interest to wear them, if you dont and you have an accident, you will be unable to take them to court as you will have been wilfully negaligent in your actions
2006-10-26 01:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by enigma_variation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can refuse but they can fire you. Those things are usually associated with OSHA regulations - go buy the next size up
Edit - There should be someplace on line that carries a similiar product and figure out how they can pay a portion or whatever but no you should not be wearing them if they are too tight but you need to find a pair that fit. Do you have a human resource depart? They should be able to assist
2006-10-26 08:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by freemansfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is up to them, they should contact another company that has wide fitting boots - they do exist as i have a pair. If they threaten disciplinary tell em to stick it and dont sign anything - you are well within your rights to want protective gear that does more harm wearing them because they dont fit.
contact ACAS for free advice. if they made your wear the small shoes and you got foot troubles , they would be so buggered.
They haven't got a steel re-inforced leg to stand on mate
2006-10-26 08:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Gravy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if they don't fit properly, they aren't providing the kind of protection that they are supposed to.
Ask them to provide you with a letter stating that they will not provide boots in the correct size.
Then when your feet start to hurt, get your doctor to provide you with a letter stating that the pain could have been caused by ill-fitting boots.
Then sue the companies asses for negligence.
2006-10-26 08:20:00 · answer #4 · answered by Swampy_Bogtrotter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to wear apropriate personal protective equipment.
Its up to you as much as the company.
The company have identifed it needs to be worn, I don't think there is a legal requirement for them to provide it. I have to buy all my own.
So, if the company supplies do not provide one to your size, I think its up to you to go and find a supplier and buy them.
So, in summary, you cannot refuse to wear PPE, you can refuse to wear the ones the company supply if they don't fit, but you cannot work until YOU get ones that fit.
If you don't turn up for work with PPE, they can sack you.
Why would you risk your job for a pair of shoes ? are you really willing to let it all fall apart on a matter of principle ?
2006-10-26 08:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have to waer them if the job requires it and it is a health and safety requirement. But they should also provide ones that fit, order a different brand etc or bigger size to find some that do. You cannot refuse to waer them or they can take discplinary action against you as you are not fulfilling the requitrements of your role
2006-10-26 08:03:12 · answer #6 · answered by beth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is the company who require that you wear them, I am sure that the law requires also that they must supply them in the correct size and width fitting.
If they, with their supply lines, cannot locate them, how can they expect you, (as a private individual without search facilities), to do so?
Best of luck anyway!
2006-10-26 08:14:50 · answer #7 · answered by millowner87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU need to wear safety footwear in the work place.
THEY need to provide adequate safety footwear. If the supplier doesn't have them, well they just need to go elsewhere.
This is the (UK) law. By the way, that;'s a bad supervisor you have there. If you succeed in getting correctly fitting footwear, they willl probably try to "get back at you" some other way.
Good luck!
2006-10-26 08:10:24 · answer #8 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the company to get you a pair that fit! If it is a safety requirement that you wear them though you must- its for your own good.
2006-10-26 08:03:55 · answer #9 · answered by kyeshla1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some that fit then. They do this not only for your protection but for theirs as well. They'll be held liable if you drop something on your unprotected toes and crush them you know. Personally it seems like a perfectly reasonable request/rule to me.
2006-10-26 08:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by freyas_kin28 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋