Bit of advice please Lifers.
Might be nothing But it doesn't sit right with me.
My 17 yo has got a part time job whilst at college in a sports/clothing store.
He is prob the most honest kid you'll meet and has never ever been in trouble with authority
However, when he finishes work he is searched, lifting his top up, trousers leg up, bag searched before he can leave.
He was also asked to g out to The street to approach a customer who had set an alarm off.
What you reckon, does it sound right to you??
Thanks
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Messed up Country we live in.
It may be worth reading this http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/03/07/2007/41297/legal-q.htm - but to summarise, I suspect there was something in his contract about this which could nullify any argument.
As a side note, what was he expected to do upon confronting someone outside of work? I'm sure many of the legal lot on here will jump in; but without any training surely that would present a safety risk, and should he have tried to stop the individual and not got hurt himself - he would most likely have been liable for assault?
I know jobs can be bloody hard at the moment, especially for young ones, but he needs to keep his eyes open for anywhere else in my mind..
*If they'd just asked us first I'm sure someone would've said "Oh, soandso has been coming in bragging about his new hard drive array a fair amount recently."; I would've probably dropped the fecker in it too as he'd timed his thefts to coincide with me joining the company! He'd also nicked them from machines that I'd logged work on, so there was a trail in the internal database of me being the last member of staff to work on those machines..
Its the guilty til proved innocent mindset I can't get my head round, surely that's why they ask and check for previous convictions and references for???
In his contract somewhere I am sure they will have a clause relating to searches. Probably the employment handbook. M&S have notices in the bsck area saying staff or visitors maybe searched.
Having said that, Zero hours contracts are a complete disgrace.
Don't they have security guards on the door? It's their job to stop people when the alarm goes off.
Jesus
I'm talking about the ones that are red handed guilty, they still are innocent and treated that way until trial.
Do I have to Google their names and spell it out?
Legally the company is entitled to use that policy as long as everyone is subject to it in the same way.
Legally your son is not obliged to confront any member of the public in that way. In fact it opens up a can of worms, lets say there was a mistake..wrong information maybe...your son acts upon it, he could find himself in a horrible situation.
your son and u seem to have had your principles.offended by this and rightly so. Is there anywhere a little more likeminded in outlook that he could find a job? I think these jobs for.teenagers.can be as much about gaining life experience as the dough and it sounds like he is not enjoying it. Maybe a more indpendent business would be better for him.
trainer shops are.crapholes of the highest order in terms of most service provided.
lewisham footlocker, saturday.morning
"What.u lookin at me sta"
"Trying to buy some trainers mate"
"Is it?" (Kisses.teeth) "cha.. nah aint got time.for u blood"
and that was the manager
Asking a teenage lad to confront members of the public is out of order and as above will end in disaster.
Fella was really pissed off.
Told him not to do it again, he won't be there too long, he's too good for that.
Apart from that, they can do what they want as long as it is stated in the contract
The issue is WHO should be making the laws that affect the people of the UK?
My primary objection to the EU is the democratic deficit whereby laws (good or bad) are forced upon us by an unelected commission and a puppet parliament in which we ha ve a stake of c 8.5%.
Workers rights should be protected and the UK government should be doing that irrespective of what the rest of the countries in the EU may or may not be doing.
But this is not what the thread is about!