Re: Drivers and guards to be sacked.

["T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>]

In the Middle East the expression is ....... "Only beasts of burden and
people about to be hung wear something around their neck!"

Is that why 98% of managers wear ties?  :-)

Tom

Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Yes, there are Driver's and guards who need a kick up the bum about
their
> > dress standards and (lack of)hygiene, but sacking people and depriving
> them
> > of their livelihoods because they won't wear a tie or haven't been
issued
> > with the correct uniform is nothing short of ludicrous. It's like going
> back
> > to 19th century England.
> >
>
> Ahhh, if they haven't been issued with the correct uniform, then the
> employer has a responsibility, but if they have, and just won't wear it,
I'd
> be lining up the letters as well.
>
> Companies have policies, and dress standards are one of them.
> (so are obeying signals but thats another story..)
>
> Speaking as an employer..
> If the individual refuses to wear the uniform prescribed, then he is
indeed
> saying that he doesn't wish to conform to the employers conditions and
> therefore forfeits the right to his "livelihood". The unemployment office
do
> not require a dress standard and he may well be more suited to that. If he
> wishes to remain employed, then it is my suggestion that he complies with
> the dress standard.
>
> Tony.
>
>