Comments by Dorian Franklin

Dorian Franklin
Member - 7 posts

Before you recruit a person you will find out on the usual medical form that should be completed. Are you suggesting that prospective employees are allowed to lie ?
If you have 2 equal prospective employees and one has HIV are you able to decide on this basis which one to recruit ?

Dorian Franklin
Member - 7 posts

I would like to be clear on this point. I currently contract to give my employees 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays for 2007. Is the government suggesting that we give employees more holiday above this 28 day total ?

Dorian Franklin
Member - 7 posts

I would like to know more about this case. I cannot understand what the specifics detail might be and it is not possible to comment until we have the full facts.

For example, I thought that the maximum flying hours for an airline pilot were 100 hours a month. I have no idea how they work out the rosta, but I presume this will all be "flexible" hours. Most of us work probably more than double these hours. So with the information that we are given I can have no sympathy with this employee whatsoever.

How are we expected to run our SME businesses when we are likely to be effected by the mandatory precedents or overpowering persuasive arguements that are likely to decided in this way ? Unfortunately, I do not have time to finish this note.

Dorian Franklin
Member - 7 posts

Thanks for some response although it has not answered my original question and this still remains unanswered.

In addition, if the authorities are trying to suggest that we, the employers are liable for any wrongful acts by the employee, this is surely not going to be mitigated by asking the employees for details. The dishonest employee in question who may have lost his licence may just lie when asked about it. What are we supposed to do then ?

Dorian Franklin
Member - 7 posts

Perhaps someone could help with a question:

I have not yet obtained the new licence but I believe it takes the format of a credit card complete with a photogragh. I did not think that any endosements are shown on these new licences so how is the visual check of the licence going to help ? Is the licence physically removed from the owner if a ban is in force ?

Concerning a further matter:

We seem to have the knack of looking at every topic in isolation.

There has been much discussion about national identity cards.Could the new licence not be used as the identity card ? That would furnish a considerable number of the population with a readuy made identity card.

Who in their right mind would object to carrying this card if it was going to help with illegal immigrants and the like ?