2006-11-12 02:21:16 · 4 answers · asked by HKariv 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
A furnace in the building where I worked exploded letting out poisonous fumes. We all ran downstairs but I took a moment to call my boss to advise him of the problem. I said I would check back with him in another hour to let him know the situation (we're talking about a business handling big money). After an hour I decided to go back up and get an idea of the situation without endangering myself. On the way up the elevator the Grll Manager, who had been out, asked what the problem was. I explained. She told me to come with her and make sure that all important papers were secure. We went into a room with a window but saw that the situation had worsen. I called my boss to say that there was no way the staff could continue working and that I would have to arrange for alternate offices with the management of the building -(conveniently absent at the time of the event). His answer was that "anyone who leaves his desk doesn't need to come back to work tomorrow - that includes you!"
2006-11-12 02:38:32 · update #1
You've offered no details so who knows what you mean. Is a waiterss in danger if she's asked to also wash knives?
2006-11-12 02:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by flignar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is situational. It all starts with what the job the employee signed on for in the first place. For example, if a person becomes a soldier and is asked to go into dangerous situations, that's what they signed up for. If a person signs up to be a maid in a tall hotel, they aren't signing up to wash the outside of the windows.
In the former case, refusal may mean jail time, but in the latter, if the maid were fired, she'd probably have no trouble claiming unemployment since her being fired wasn't her fault. The danger was outside the scope of the original employment.
It does have to be a real danger, though. It can't be a phobia. A maid who was hired to clean windows can't refuse to clean a glass fish tank because she's afraid of fish.
2006-11-12 10:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think you were really in danger, you could contact OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
If OSHA determines you were not in danger, your employer may have had just cause to let you go. However, if OSHA deems you were justified, you may be offered your position back.
2006-11-12 10:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by T_Jania 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some one was to do it and that is why the boss is the boss. do it and then try to be the boss
2006-11-12 10:32:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋