Mobile Phone Use While Driving
Company policy. Zero tolerance.
CEOs are dismissed for shagging a member of staff, and it is more frequent that you may think. No law broken, but company policy breached.
Mobile Phone Use While Driving
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Originally Posted by
deepreddave
My company checks licenses every year but no idea what the policy is for points etc. I've some sympathy on a human level but there's really no excuse as I'm sure he'll have had hands free functionality plus we need zero tolerance on offences like this as on too many occasions there are fatal consequences for others (we have a friend whose husband was killed by a driver who was on his phone).
Agreed. He is not looking for any sympathy from me or anyone else, and has taken it on the chin.
Mobile Phone Use While Driving
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Originally Posted by
ryanb741
It's just 6 points and a £200 fine for using a mobile while driving. Are you saying they'd dismiss someone for that? Or if you were speeding and got 3 points on your licence?
Doesn't make sense to me unless he's a driving instructor! Not doubting what you are saying just that it seems like a policy that would leave them with a massive recruitment bill each year if enforced in that way!
With you here, something not correct if he is a valued employee.
There are ALWAYS options if you are wanted by the employer.
Mobile Phone Use While Driving
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Originally Posted by
learningtofly
This scenario doesn’t make sense at all. Indeed, to resign prior to it even being an issue seems like an inexplicable response to me.
It sounds like there’s more to this that we don’t know.
Just Google gross misconduct mobile phone driving, and you’ll be surprised. If you are dismissed for gross misconduct you won’t get a reference and hence another job, hence the reason he resigned to preserve his ability to have a standard company reference.
An example.
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/fleet-ma...raction-policy
Network Rail’s distraction policy also specifies that drivers must stop to change any setting on their sat-nav systems.
“It’s zero tolerance,” says Paul Young, business support manager – road fleet, at Network Rail. “We have life-saving rules and another one is that you never use a mobile phone in any way while driving.
“No hands-free, nothing. If we find anybody doing it then we treat it as gross misconduct straightaway.”
BT will consider disciplinary action against any employee who uses a hand-operated electronic device while driving. At Ocado, punishment is up to, and including, dismissal.
Plenty of other examples if you Google.
Mobile Phone Use While Driving
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Originally Posted by
learningtofly
All pertinent points. In particular, I don't think the policy could be enforced if the incident occurred outside of business use (business use would no doubt include commuting).
I don’t think you understand. An business can enforce their specific policies including gross misconduct for mobile phone use whilst driving.
If you don’t like it, then you have to go through all the hassle and expense of an employment tribunal to claim unfair dismissal.