sent home from work in the night

scheming_gypsy

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I am aware they could walk home on their own, but I'd rather they got home safe.

it's not safe to walk home on your own? there's no chance you'll get home safe if you walk?

sucks to live where you do!

Sambucus_Nigra

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

it's not safe to walk home on your own? there's no chance you'll get home safe if you walk?

sucks to live where you do!

Who said I was talking about where I live? Surely if people are walking home it would be where they live? I have no control over where other people live. Do you?
And...
I live in a nice little village - and it is perfectly safe to walk home, I often walk back from my lottie at night. However as it is so lovely, we often get tourists who bring their townie ways into the village and I'd not be walking back around on my own at midnight, after pub kicking out time, wherever I lived.

However, at midnight, I'd not let anyone else walk back home. That is the issue here isn't it? That of the EMPLOYER kicking an EMPLOYEE out of the premises at midnight and not allowing them to wait for a lift.

scheming_gypsy

well apparently you decided that anybody who walks home isn't safe; so seeing as you only live where you do, you could only make that assumption on your area. Or were you just making wild assumptions and expecting everybody to fall in line?

scheming_gypsy

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

However, at midnight, I'd not let anyone else walk back home. That is the issue here isn't it? .

no, far from it. This thread has nothing to do with you letting people walk home after tea, The Tweenies, four pints of lager or midnight; infact the thread has nothing to do with what you'd do or not do.

2sides2everystory

Workers Compensation insurance (in the UK known as Employers Liability insurance) is mandatory and in Australia and some US states it does indeed include some cover for the 'commute' !

Sambucus_Nigra

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

well apparently you decided that anybody who walks home isn't safe; so seeing as you only live where you do, you could only make that assumption on your area. Or were you just making wild assumptions and expecting everybody to fall in line?

No, I said I'd not let anyone I knew walk home after midnight, neither as a manager nor as a friend. I said this as so many people seemed so stunned that the OP was 'sent home from work in the night' as per the actual thread topic and title.

I can't see why you think I'm making wild assumptions - I'm doing what everyone else does on a forum and giving my opinion. Whereas you just seem to want to jump onto my posts and just randomly post the opposite of what I say for the sake of it. If you have the time to do it, then I hope it keeps you occupied. Otherwise, how about just posting your own opinion in relation to the OP rather than just keep on harping about mine?

hook

I had my hearing and I have been cleared of all charges against me and will be paid for the hours I lost and yes he had a duty of care and now I have to decide wether I take out a greivence against him or just let his line manager have a chat with him

Yorkie1

Thanks for updating, despite the way this thread has taken on a life of its own!

DVardysShadow

hook wrote: »

I had my hearing and I have been cleared of all charges against me and will be paid for the hours I lost and yes he had a duty of care and now I have to decide wether I take out a greivence against him or just let his line manager have a chat with him

Well, it is an awful lot of money he spent on your wages for which no work was done, so I would say he is in the doghouse.

If you feel that the principle of not being made to walk home at that time of night was upheld, you could write a letter placing the grievance on the record but noting that as the duty of care was upheld in the disciplinary, you are content to let it rest on the file.

Poppy9

hook wrote: »

I had my hearing and I have been cleared of all charges against me and will be paid for the hours I lost and yes he had a duty of care and now I have to decide wether I take out a greivence against him or just let his line manager have a chat with him

I would let it lie and hopefully you will both learn lessons from this experience. It could so easily have gone the other way and you could be jobless.

If your employers feel strongly that your line manager was in the wrong etc. they would deal with it without you putting in a grievance.

You need to move on and just get on with your job.

p.s thanks for updating us it's so nice to know the eventual outcome.