Can an employer do this?

Jarndyce

No they can't. But I'm !!!!!!ed if I'm going to waste any time explaining why!

achtunglady

LadyMissA wrote: »

but that is bonkers! If you have a box of tea bags and sugar in your desk draw and milk in those little things you get in coffee shops then how is that hurting the company?

I dont know, why its not hurting the company, but to be forced to contribute and told you cant bring in your own if you dont is a bit out of order

achtunglady

So if a few of us decided no we arent going to contribute and bring in our own and we get a disciplinary or verbal warning for it what then??

GavB79

Acc72 wrote: »

Previously it was free to the staff, but this was paid for somewhere along the way - presumably out of school funds (i.e. taxpayers !).

Many schools are able to generate private income, e.g. from lettings out of hours. They can spend this how they like (more or less), it's not 'taxpayers' money'.

Uncertain wrote: »

30p per day! Why on earth can't the employer cover this and provide what is needed. What tiny percentage is this of even the lowest wage?

In a secondary school you will likely have around 150 staff. £225 per week, more than many term-time support staff earn. "Sorry, we're having to make you redundant so we can keep everyone in tea and coffee."

Though my school employer does provide tea, coffee, sugar and milk for all.

Emmzi

achtunglady wrote: »

So if a few of us decided no we arent going to contribute and bring in our own and we get a disciplinary or verbal warning for it what then??

Well, it's not part of your contract

And it's not legally enforceable that you cannot carry teabags

So I think a non-sackable storm in a tea cup.

Uncertain

Emmzi wrote: »

And it's not legally enforceable that you cannot carry teabags

Depends whether a full risk assessment has been done.

Suppose one of the kids is allergic to the fibres from the bag......

This is pitiful, it really is. :mad:

Sambucus_Nigra

Firstly - who wrote this memo?

achtunglady

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Firstly - who wrote this memo?

The name on the memo is a person who has been put in charge of the tea fund by the head teacher.

liney

Enforcable or not, I would imagine you would spend around £1.50 per week if you bought your own tea/coffee/sugar considering you will want at least 1 pint of milk a week. Pick your battles.

Sambucus_Nigra

achtunglady wrote: »

The name on the memo is a person who has been put in charge of the tea fund by the head teacher.

I guessed that.

Is the person who has been put in charge of the tea fund a deputy head, or an admin person? Or a dinner lady? Head of HR?

i.e. - who in the greater scheme of things is the person who wrote the memo?