Miner said:Folks, does anybody have an info on whether or not an employer can ban all employees (bar the manager) from bringing a mobile phone into the workplace?
I should point out that the facility is a playschool with 4 employees and no landline.
Thanks.
ClubMan said:how would the employer enforce the ban?
soc said:Maybe the reason of the ban is simply to make sure that the employees actually FOCUS on their job rather than their mobile.
For the record, I've heard the Garda Reps complaining that Gardai end up using their own personal mobiles for a great deal of Garda business as their radio system is up the creek.soc said:Maybe the reason of the ban is simply to make sure that the employees actually FOCUS on their job rather than their mobile.
The number of people I see nowadays who are SUPPOSED to be working, e.g. bus drivers, Garda, Bin Collectors, M50 toll collector, but instead are busy nattering away on the phone or texting. These jobs don't rely on a phone yet these people bring it to work and instead of doing their job, play with their phones.
-soc
RainyDay said:For the record, I've heard the Garda Reps complaining that Gardai end up using their own personal mobiles for a great deal of Garda business as their radio system is up the creek.
I think this only applied to senior ranks - Inspector & upwards, afaik.GeneralZod said:Don't the Gardai have free mobile phones in return for providing space for Digifone/O2 mobile phone antennas on their radio masts?
What contact numbers were given for the teachers (are they actually teachers or childminders?) if mobiles are (?) banned and there is no landline?Miner said:- At the start of the year all parents were given a handbook with all the teachers contact names and numbers in it.
- The building the school is in is rented and the owners wont let them put in a land line.
What sort of "grief"? Why does the manager suspect a particular employee? Has s/he raised the issue with this employee? How does this all relate to the issue of banning mobile phones?Miner said:- One of the teachers is related to a committee member and the manager thinks that teacher is getting 'inside' information and causing grief.
Miner said:The assistant texts the committee member to query her wages as a committee member does the wages for them. The assistant queries working hours and conditions with the committee member. She basically gets advice on issues relating to the playschool and if she's not happy with the answer she takes it to the leader or vice vearsa if the leader makes a decision she's not happy with she contacts the committee member.