Tesco misprice discussion area part 11

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule

spa2k wrote:

difference 65p per hour

65pence an hour is an insult.

Tesco pay is in the bottom 10% of all non-manual jobs in this country, and offering even £1 per hour extra would be an insult considering in 2004 one of the directors of the company was awarded £8million. A company that makes over £2billion a year profit - and it can't even pay it's workers a livable wage.

Dont know or care what wages you earn but ask anyone really on minimum wage if they want a £94 per month pay rise and i bet you wont find one to say no.

Of course they wouldn't say no. People on the minium wage can barely afford to even eat the muck tesco sells, never mind real food. People on minimum wage are usually the ones in the highest debt. Why on earth would they say no? People on 5x the minumum wage would likely say yes to an extra £100 a month - or maybe we should do it proportionally - do you think that someone on 30pph would say no to an extra £500 a month?

Coupled with a minimum of 20 sick days per year

No sick pay for the first three days? When most people are only sick for a day or two then fit for work again?

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1217900,00.html

Staff members who are sick twice in a six month period put on stage 1 of the procedure. You are kept on stage 1 for six months.

If during that six-months you take time off on 2 occasions you are put on to stage 2, which lasts for six months.

If during this six months you take time off on 2 occasions you are placed onto stage 3 which lasts another three months.

If you take time off during that 3 months it's contractual dismissal.

Now take the case of a person with a long term illness who needs 1 half-day off every 3 months for checkups/specialist visits. First he wouldn't be getting his sick pay due to the '3 day rule', plus each time would be going against him and moving him up the procedure ladder.

Tesco - the company that likes to penalise the ill.

Danlaur

This is quite right...."Quote:....For breach of the peace to happen there must be violence or the risk of incitement to violence:


Originally Posted by Crown Prosecution Service
For conduct to constitute a breach of the peace, the conduct must involve violence or the threat of violence. etc etc

I wonder.Assuming you're not threatening Tesco, nor standing on their land, then the Police can't take you in for it. Probably use something else though."



Under the ECHR.. (Human Rights Act) you have

Article 10 .... The exercise of freedom of speech

& Article 19 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression...

PROVIDING
nothing is done that is against the LAW of the Country....

Thus.....

The police can of course and are likely to consider, for example.... "causing an unnecessary / wilfull obstruction !".... in such a case of handing out leaflets on land adjacent to Tesco Land

Take Care
Danlaur

ben500

I'd say in such a case an officer could make an arrest but the prosecution would be unlikely to take place or at least be found to be without basis.

The arrest is likely to take place though as the arresting officer might consider a refusal to refrain when asked to be the action likely to cause a breach of the peace if you see what I mean, he would however in order to prove this first prove he had lawful reason to request you to stop that however he is going to find more difficult to do, but in the meantime you are likely to be "going through the process fearing the outcome" so an action best avoided I would say unless you are made of stern stuff and not just think you are.

spa2k

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule wrote:

No sick pay for the first three days? When most people are only sick for a day or two then fit for work again?

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1217900,00.html

Staff members who are sick twice in a six month period put on stage 1 of the procedure. You are kept on stage 1 for six months.

If during that six-months you take time off on 2 occasions you are put on to stage 2, which lasts for six months.

If during this six months you take time off on 2 occasions you are placed onto stage 3 which lasts another three months.

If you take time off during that 3 months it's contractual dismissal.

Now take the case of a person with a long term illness who needs 1 half-day off every 3 months for checkups/specialist visits. First he wouldn't be getting his sick pay due to the '3 day rule', plus each time would be going against him and moving him up the procedure ladder.

Tesco - the company that likes to penalise the ill.

Strangely enough i am aware of the absence policy.

1) precisely what does the absence policy have to do with r&R
2) it's all very well copying and pasting what you have, but until you actually do the workshops and learn the policy inside out you really dont have a clue what you are talking about. Fortunately, its not quite as clear cut as your clearly skewed posts like to make out.

I am aware of quite a few staff members with ongoing illnesses that have no problems with the absence policy.

As for 65p per hour being an insult, if someone offered me 65p per hour for 36.5hours a week for the rest of my life i wouldnt be insulted.

People choose to work at tesco, no one is forced. They are aware of the wages and terms and conditions of employment before they sign the contract.....its called a right to choose.

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule

spa2k wrote:

1) precisely what does the absence policy have to do with r&R

You were happy enough to discuss this topic before I mentioned the policy - now you suddenly change your mind? You must work on the CS desk..

2) it's all very well copying and pasting what you have, but until you actually do the workshops and learn the policy inside out you really dont have a clue what you are talking about.

Yep, just like I'd need third reich training to know that gassing jews is bad...

People choose to work at tesco, no one is forced. They are aware of the wages and terms and conditions of employment before they sign the contract.....its called a right to choose.

When people have mortgages and families, debts to pay and they need to eat they need a job to pay for this. When all the local grocers, butchers, bakers (and now non-food retail) has been closed down by a supermarkets predatory and anti-competitive practices then they have no choice but to work for the very thing thats ruining their lives.

leadhead

babymoneyblagger wrote:

Hi - just wanted to let everyone know that I have made my first r & r purchase today - andrex 4 pack of toilet rolls had an out of date yellow sticker and so charged me 2p dearer at tills - went and reported to cs who were excellent they gave me my full refund and I didnt have to ask for it - obviously a store who are on the ball about this - also I did them a service by pointing out 2 more that were next to it!!! I only got 1 pack altho I should have got 5 or 10.................... maybe another time!!!

:T

Well done......Although I would tend to forget about doing them that service.....The guy behind you (might be me) could be looking at those........

orlwaysbroke

Hear hear spa2k.

When i was a student i had the pleasure of working for tesco for a while.

I ENJOYED MY TIME THERE.

I subsequently was employed by JS as a trainee then department manager, and spent 8 years with them.

95% of us tolerate our jobs - every employer has strengths and weaknesses. At least Tesco will be in business in 5 years time - not every company can say that.

YES they are big, and YES they made 1bn in 6 mths, and YES they misprice some of their 20 000 items - but at the end of the day, if there weren't as many stores, paid for by their large profits , and if they didn't !!!! it up occasionally, the NONE OF US COULD R&R !!!!

Clasics

Not tempted to go back??

xoleeb

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule wrote:

The filth quite often use 'threat of violence' too, when no such threat exists.

What do you mean ' The Filth' = what sort of attitude is that to hold against our Police force - you are utter scum and should not be allowed to spew this vile rubbish on a site like this - save it for your asbo mates..its this sort of attitude to the law in this country that has turned it into the mess its in...shame on this site for allowing such astatement to be made...

ben500

How's things going on the Asda front classics? (I spelt your name correctly on purpose by the way)