This is a legal question.Doe's a C.E.O.?

Question

Have the legal rite to go threw your persanel tool box and discared your tools he thinks are old and useless cluter?Utah or USA Law.

Answer 1

The personal property of one person on the job site may or may not be allowed by the company's policies. However, the CEO stepped over the line in throwing away the tools of another person. Suppose you went to the CEO's parking space and discarded his 1963 Stingray because it was old and out-of-date?

This is simply a matter of polite behavior in the workplace. The CEO might have the right to inspect everything and require that only corporately owned tools be used on the site; but common politeness dictates that he tells the employees directly not to bring their tools from home.

If repeated notices about using personal tools on the job site does not resolve the problem; then would he be to throw those tools away.

Answer 2

If you are allowed or, in some companies, required to use your own personal tools, then the CEO would have the right to inspect those tools if you were using them in the business. If he actually threw them away, then you would have a legal claim against him, if you chose to pursue it, ultimately at the expense of your job. However, he would have the right to reject you using a particular tool if he felt that the tool was dangerous or could create or allow a dangerous situation. Some electrical workers I know are required to provide their own climbing gear and safety devices. Even though the employee provides it, it must meet certain requirements or the employee must stop using it. However, they would not throw the item away. They would simply write them up for safety violations if they continued which would ultimately lead to their termination.

Going back to your details, he could also dictate the type of tools you are able to use. Just because you have a set of grandpa's box end wrenches doesn't mean you should use them if a socket wrench would work better. He may have a point that many of the tools that you carry are useless for that job. Again, he could suggest what tools are to be used, but he couldn't just simply throw away your old ones.

Answer 3

If the tools are company property, yes. If they are personal property, no.
However, He may require you to remove them from the property. If you do not comply within the reasonable amount of time, he may discard them without your permission. He must give you notice and allow you to take the tools away. But it would be difficult to claim the value of the tools against him and may not be worth your job. He would also have the right to inspect any tool box on the property for illegal substance or company owned property. There would probably not be any invasion of privacy laws against this.