Receiving a disciplinary for breaking up a cardboard box

BrassicWoman

Jumping on boxes isn't that safe; on a tough one you can hurt your foot, and you might trip.

If I wanted her out I'd do it on H&S breach.

Also a gentle reminder that parents never get the whole story. Much better if she posts here herself so we get the unfiltered version. Sacking people is a tedious business, often there is a good reason.

Ellieseleven

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

There could be a breach of GDPR here.

CCTV footage is covered by GDPR rules and I believe that not only do you have to have a valid reason to take and store footage, but also to use the footage for the purpose in which the data (cctv images) were collected. 'Trawling' the footage would not be a good enough reason.

You would need to find someone with more expertise on this though if you were to use this as part of your daughter's complaint.

Edited to add:

Just been looking and it seems that the footage might not be able to be used anyway.

For example:

"An employer must ensure that any results of the monitoring of employees are used solely for the purpose for which they are obtained. Results of monitoring used to detect and prevent data security breaches, or to detect and prevent fraud, may not be used to assess employees for performance. Any decisions about the performance of employees, or about the terms of their employment,"

And

"If your business uses CCTV, you must tell people they may be recorded.
This is usually done by displaying signs, which must be clearly visible and readable.
You must also notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) why you’re using the CCTV.
You should control who can see the recordings, and make sure the system is only used for the purpose it was intended for."

So for me under GDPR:

(1) For what purpose are the CCTV images being recorded? If not stated that this is to monitor staff then it should not be used for this purpose
(2) Does the manager viewing the footage have the correct authority to do so. If not they should not be viewing the footage.
(3) Why was the footage viewed? Need to have a legitimate reason to do so.
(4) Data retention - why was 3 month old footage being kept and not deleted?

Good call - thanks for this, it's much appreciated

Ellieseleven

Ja7188 wrote: »

Assuming that this thread is for real, I'd say that most managers would consider this a good reason for not considering someone for promotion - it tends to suggest an intolerance of stress which clearly casts doubt on suitability for promotion.

Just to say - she was NOT acting like Norman Bates, she was simply breaking up boxes which were tough to break down.

Nothing sinister, no back story, just a person in a position of power using that power to make everyone's life a misery.

Ellieseleven

[Deleted User] wrote:

And she should be praised for having the courage to do so.

It needs to be on record that this has happened - if everyone points it out when it does happen, then hopefully management will see the pattern and do something about it.

Thank you!

The AM has been making everyone's life unbearable for a considerable amount of time using her position of power to do so.

My daughter is not the first to complain and we are hoping the management do see a pattern and finally do something constructive. Too many people have had to leave and find alternative employment as they are afraid to confront this woman.

Ellieseleven

Brynsam wrote: »

If they're bothered why aren't they complaining? And voting with your feet doesn't mean anything except they are free to move to somewhere more congenial. If it was so serious. your daughter should have been complaining constantly while she was there and while she intended to stay. Doing it on the way out is the action of a wimp.

Then they are all wimps!

Usually the punishment for complaints is to be moved to another area. These employees are on minimum wage and can ill-afford the travel costs moving area entails so they suffer in silence and then vote with their feet and move to alternative employment. The turnover of staff at this company is 70% so lots of voting with their feet and a lot of wimps.