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Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

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Grinder64
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Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by Grinder64 »

As it says, given the impending chaos about to be visited on DOs due to parcel volumes and the associated lack of space we should be documenting and reporting Health & Safety violations to the appropriate authorities. Most people carry a smartphone on their person during their working day so let's get those photographs of blocked fire escapes, aisles etc. and use every tool at our disposal to aid our cause; it's time to stop turning a blind eye.
You do the work, they get the loot. The men with the smiles and the 3 piece suits.
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postieblueshirt
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by postieblueshirt »

Not really a good idea encouraging people to take photos but I see the point your making.
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koolishy67
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by koolishy67 »

Don't give company excuse to fire you
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chrisj
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Joined: 21 Dec 2010, 16:24
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by chrisj »

The bad PR that might be generated by the photos of backlog is not worth being sack for violation of social media and official secrets act rules...

The public cares very little about our dispute, the CWU BT dispute even less. It is more about the Rail strikes and now the Nurses...

The article by the Mirror might have been eye catching but it makes very little difference to the overall scheme of things. Shareholders making money and CEO getting bonuses applies to all companies including the newspapers that are mainly owned by oligarchs...

* Also, it is not the same everywhere...
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pieoftheday
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by pieoftheday »

Imagine if there was a fire and the fire escape was blocked, at least you'd have a picture of it :Very Happy
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*horcrux*
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Joined: 22 May 2017, 13:31
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by *horcrux* »

All that would happen here is the person who took the photo would be told that because they spotted this H&S infringement then they should have done something about it (i.e. unblocked the fire exit) rather than just take a photo.
After all H&S is everybody's responsibility :)
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Binsey
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Joined: 14 Aug 2015, 17:33
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by Binsey »

[quote=postieblueshirt post_id=1014788 time=1669557074 user_id=101650]
Not really a good idea encouraging people to take photos but I see the point your making.
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RM will allow you to take a photo if it’s H/S , Suspect Mailing , Crime against RM group along as the photo is immediately forwarded to the relevant person.

The photo must be then immediately deleted.
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yellowbelly
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Joined: 23 Jun 2015, 15:51
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Re: Using H&S legislation to our advantage.

Post by yellowbelly »

Re H&S issues - whistleblowing reporting - can be submitted anonymously, pictures can be attached, if you're submitting a pic
it would make sense to remove the metadata beforehand, however if you're submitting a pic of your office you've got to
stand there taking a photo of the issue - not so anonymous to everyonel else in the office?

https://royalmail.gan-compliance.com/p/speakup
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