ACAS and the World Cup
This is one that happens every 2 years - arguments about whether firms should allow staff to have time off to watch the football. There are also issues with people being out drinking the nigth before, watching games in the pub, and calling in sick the next day.
Likewise, the BBC has recognised that not everyone will be supporting England, and ther may just be some people in the country that don't want England to win the World Cup. They haven't mentioned the people who probably don't care who wins the World Cup but might like time off or leniency to watch the Olympics, Chelsea Flower Show, model aircraft show, poodle hairwashing show, or just Deal or No Deal.
"ACAS are now getting involved to try and get employers to talk to their employees to work something out." Whatever happened to common sense management and people getting their priorities straight?
"Acas chief John Taylor said there were "very tricky issues to tackle"." Not really...
"CBI deputy director general John Cridland said many firms were worried about staff skipping work to watch England's World Cup football matches. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber replied by saying that as England's fixtures were evening kick-offs, there were unlikely to be many football "sickies" taken." What a surprise - the TUC and CBI disagreeing. Couldn't see that one coming!
"This is so serious a debate that we have had to issue a website page with frequently asked questions," said Mr Taylor. "They cover everything from 'Does my employer have to provide me with access to the games if I am working?' to 'My employee has a history of taking sickies whenever there is an important game'." Is this not a far better thing for Clarkson to get worked up about - wasting time arguing about non-important things, than the normal H&S rants?
Likewise, the BBC has recognised that not everyone will be supporting England, and ther may just be some people in the country that don't want England to win the World Cup. They haven't mentioned the people who probably don't care who wins the World Cup but might like time off or leniency to watch the Olympics, Chelsea Flower Show, model aircraft show, poodle hairwashing show, or just Deal or No Deal.
"ACAS are now getting involved to try and get employers to talk to their employees to work something out." Whatever happened to common sense management and people getting their priorities straight?
"Acas chief John Taylor said there were "very tricky issues to tackle"." Not really...
"CBI deputy director general John Cridland said many firms were worried about staff skipping work to watch England's World Cup football matches. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber replied by saying that as England's fixtures were evening kick-offs, there were unlikely to be many football "sickies" taken." What a surprise - the TUC and CBI disagreeing. Couldn't see that one coming!
"This is so serious a debate that we have had to issue a website page with frequently asked questions," said Mr Taylor. "They cover everything from 'Does my employer have to provide me with access to the games if I am working?' to 'My employee has a history of taking sickies whenever there is an important game'." Is this not a far better thing for Clarkson to get worked up about - wasting time arguing about non-important things, than the normal H&S rants?
posted by Jonathan | Thursday, June 01, 2006
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