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A friend of my wife has been suspended from her place of work for eating a packet of crisps while working on the shop floor. She is on full pay while an 'investigation takes place'. Is eating while at work classed as gross misconduct? Couldn't they have just have given her a verbal or written warning. She was asked to go into the Managers Office and was suspended with immediate effect. She has to go for a disciplinary and she can take someone with her. Does anyone know what happens in a disciplinary? Will she lose her job. It all seems a bit ott to me.
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I would be getting your friends wife to look at the terms and conditions of her employment if she has one. A copy of the discaplinary procedure (if again have one - loads fall down on this) and a visit / call to the CAB for more advice.
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A friend of my wife has been suspended from her place of work for eating a packet of crisps while working on the shop floor. She is on full pay while an 'investigation takes place'. Is eating while at work classed as gross misconduct? Couldn't they have just have given her a verbal or written warning. She was asked to go into the Managers Office and was suspended with immediate effect. She has to go for a disciplinary and she can take someone with her. Does anyone know what happens in a disciplinary? Will she lose her job. It all seems a bit ott to me.
Depends where she works .. if she works in a shop that sells the product she was eating then .. er ... I know in ASDA you're not allowed to, you can't carry money on you either. Any money on a "colleague" is classed as stolen.
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A friend of my wife has been suspended from her place of work for eating a packet of crisps while working on the shop floor. She is on full pay while an 'investigation takes place'. Is eating while at work classed as gross misconduct? Couldn't they have just have given her a verbal or written warning. She was asked to go into the Managers Office and was suspended with immediate effect. She has to go for a disciplinary and she can take someone with her. Does anyone know what happens in a disciplinary? Will she lose her job. It all seems a bit ott to me.
You need to tell us what it is she does
I could probably foresee reasons for the dismissal
For instance, if she worked in a factory producing food product and was caught eating a bag of crisps on the produciton line - then thats most likely to be a sackable offence.
Have had to do disciplinary with a couple of employees
Basically you're summoned to meet with your manager, told the reasons why and what happens next.
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They can't give her a written / verbal / final warning without going through the disciplinary process.
Suspension from work can be a normal part of this process, so you shouldn't worry unduly. It simply means that they need time to investigate the allegation while she is not there.
Suspension from work can be a normal part of this process, so you shouldn't worry unduly. It simply means that they need time to investigate the allegation while she is not there.
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Again, we need more info.
However, are you sure that she hadn't been warned about it before?
Surely she has to receive verbal, written warnings before suspension??
But saying that, whether you are working in a factory or in a shop, dealing with customers, it is pretty stupid to stuff your face with grub during work time.
I'm lucky and work in an office and get eat what I want when I want.
Probably explains my ever increasing waist line!
However, are you sure that she hadn't been warned about it before?
Surely she has to receive verbal, written warnings before suspension??
But saying that, whether you are working in a factory or in a shop, dealing with customers, it is pretty stupid to stuff your face with grub during work time.
I'm lucky and work in an office and get eat what I want when I want.
Probably explains my ever increasing waist line!
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When I worked at the Haribo factory in Pontefract one summer whilst at Uni, it was a rule that you could eat as much of the merchandise as you wanted, but if you took any off the shop floor with you, that was a sackable offence.
For a relatively active job, I didn't lose any weight whilst there
For a relatively active job, I didn't lose any weight whilst there
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Thanks for all your replies. She works at that wonderful place known as......POUNDSTRETCHER.....she is a shelf stacker. And the crisps were cheesey wotsits.
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it will depend on her terms of contract. But i can't see her getting anything other than a warning, i'm pretty sure it doesn't constitue gross missconduct. p.s. assuming she didn't take them off the shelf and eat them, which is theft and is gross misconduct.
unprofessional yes, but a quick word would be enough for most people not to do it again
unprofessional yes, but a quick word would be enough for most people not to do it again
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Was the shop open at the time? Some places stock up after hours, so not so cut and dried as we may think.
They may get her to jump through some hula hoops in order to save her job though....
They may get her to jump through some hula hoops in order to save her job though....
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I suppose it does look unprofessional, if she was on the shop floor during working hours.
I doubt info as small as this would be stipulated in a contract, or you could go on forever!
: Do not eat crisps
: Do not file nails
: Do not read magazines
Etc...
I think it's pretty self explanatory. However, if there were no customers on the shop, or it were not open and she was simply sneaking a few crisps as a snack it is a bit OTT.
I remember when I was pregnant with my son and suffering with low blood sugar, I was aloud to snack when I felt light headed, but they were still strict about where I went, and it had to be the staff room or the store room nearest to where I was situated. Never in my room.
In this case I think that perhaps someone is just trying to prove a point.
I doubt info as small as this would be stipulated in a contract, or you could go on forever!
: Do not eat crisps
: Do not file nails
: Do not read magazines
Etc...
I think it's pretty self explanatory. However, if there were no customers on the shop, or it were not open and she was simply sneaking a few crisps as a snack it is a bit OTT.
I remember when I was pregnant with my son and suffering with low blood sugar, I was aloud to snack when I felt light headed, but they were still strict about where I went, and it had to be the staff room or the store room nearest to where I was situated. Never in my room.
In this case I think that perhaps someone is just trying to prove a point.