nothing to do with the employer until they deny rights through discrimination against them as highlighted throughout this thread.
I agree, the point I was trying to make is that some legislation can be counter productive if not thought through.
I presume you mean the same rights when Uk can't deport criminals due to a breach of human rights? Or the same rights that people with many kids but on benefits believe they have the right to. I'll tell you a fact. I had a colleague who went on maternity, came back -expected to have bonus because it was her "right". She was such a bad worker that she was about to get the sack. However, because she got pregnant again - company was held to ransom. Literally for 2 years, we had to cover her work, do extra for no extra money at all. All in the meanwhile, she received pay, was exempt from restructure - flexible working times including working from home. All in the name of her "rights". As you correctly say, it is her "right". Doesn't make it alright for the rest of us. I believe we all work to pay the bills, the mortgage - yes we are slaves in this sense. Have you considered the effect or unfairness to your colleague because you wish to take up your rights because you are making a certain type of decision?
my colleagues. male and female have the same rights as me. its upto them if they choose to use them at some point when they apply.
I can see this from both perspectives. My company has half a dozen employees and one of my guys decided he wanted to take some paternity leave earlier in the year. For me that wasnt an issue as I like keeping my employees happy as a happy employee is more likely to work extra hours etc. when I need it. But from a companies perspective we effectively lost a few weeks work which he would have done. Financially it didnt cost us any lost wages as the company doesnt pay paternity leave, the government pays it, but at the rate we charge his time out to clients, we lost a good bit of company income. From my own personal perspective, my wife had a baby a couple of months back. As a higher rate tax payer, if i wanted to take paternity leave it would mean my salary dropping to £130 a week or whatever paternity pay was, which compared to what im earning is a significant drop. So I personally just saved my holiday time and took 2 weeks out of my holiday leave instead so as to not loose any of my income. I think a lot of it comes down to who is the bread winner in the house. In my employee`s case, his wife earns a fortune and he doesnt, so they`d much rather she went back to work ASAP and he looked after the kid. In my case, im the main earner, so unfortunately i have to work as much as possible. In my situation its a bit annoying as my wife would much rather get back to work asap and leave me to look after the baby, but due to my current income it just doesnt make financial sense for us to do that.
According to the International Workplace Harassment CBT Module I have just completed we are guilty of harassment of Phill for even commenting on his wishing to exercise his right to take parental leave. Phill should report us to management, or someone who witnessed this harassment should report it to management, even if Phill doesn't want it to be reported to management.
Semantic issues here. The word "rights" is used in different senses to mean different things. People often swap from one sense to another in the middle of a discussion. At the highest level, "Human Rights" attach to everyone without exception, by virtue of being a human, no matter what they have done; they can never be taken away, but they can be violated. It does not, of course, violate a person's human rights for them to be arrested, prosecuted, imprisoned, fined, extradited, etc. In the lower level context though, Parliament has passed various Acts regulating the relationships between employers and employees, or between traders and consumers, or between landlords and tenants. Each of the people specified has various "rights", meaning statutory provisions covering how they can and cannot be treated. These kinds of rights are frequently altered as new legislation is passed, and are a topic of political debate.
nope the most messed up shift pattern you have probably never worked - what ive done for years. 3 sets of nights in 2 weeks. 1st rest day after every last night obviously spent in bed (6am finish). 1 proper day off then have to pull yourself back into nights mode again. It's rubbish and hard. just ready and waiting for some "when I was a lad" comment
