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Julian Hall wrote: > Brad Rogers wrote: > >> Odd indeed. A mate of mine had an ear infection at the time his >> employer introduced headsets. He refused to wear one until such time >> as the infection cleared up. He was nearly given his marching orders. >> Most bizarre. >> >> > Oh well.. that's *one* thing my old employer seems to have done right. > Every couple of months we were issued with new foam inserts for our > headsets to prevent things like ear infections. I'd have thought your > mate could have quit and claimed constructive dismissal due to the quite > clearly idiotic behaviour of his employer being detrimental to his > health - just a thought. > >> Even stranger, to me at least, is the fact that there is no requirement >> to clean _pupils_ toilets in schools. Staff toilets are covered by >> relevant legislation, but not pupils. >> > Now that IS weird since the schools all have a duty of care to the > pupils whilst on their premises. Admittedly it's Health & Safety *At > Work* and technically it's not the pupils' place of work... however > there is bound to be some piece of legislation they can be nobbled on. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > Duty of care to the pupils yes, towards staff I think not, esp as teachers and staff face the following physical assault verbal abuse false accusations of anything humiliation and degrading treatment all of which would lead to prosecution in the real world, and if a child is subjected to any of that would lead to staff member being diciplined. crazy world we live in, Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org Events 11th November. Penzance Computers meet Lostwithel meeting part 2, - watch this space. details on lug site, www.dcglug.org.uk under meetings. visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html