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[edo4442]

Just want to say many thanks to all the people who have replied, you have all been very helpful, its appreciated! Has given me some food for thought, of course I will keep you all updated where I can.

Thanks !

[brothermagrew]

The undermentioned is a short extract taken from an article first published in The Guardian' newspaper 8th December 1998 copyright Neil Addison (Barrister) and Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden (Solicitor-Advocate) who co-incidentally are co-authors of "Harassment Law and Practice" published by Blackstone Press.

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 covers a far wider range of activities than just stalking. The Act makes it both a criminal offence and a Tort - a civil wrong for which a person can sue and claim compensation - for a person to pursue a course of conduct which causes another person harassment, alarm or distress in circumstances where a reasonable person would feel harassed.

This means more than one incident and includes words as well as actions. Damages can be awarded for a course of conduct which causes harassment after June 16th 1977 when the Act came into force. Since the law now recognises a general right not to be harassed that right applies in the workplace as much as anywhere else. If an employee is found to be harassing another that conduct could be a disciplinary offence justifying a formal warning and possibly dismissal. If an employee suffers harassment from a colleague and the employer takes no action to deal with the situation the victim might well be justified in resigning and claiming constructive dismissal.

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 however allows a victim of harassment to bring an action based on 'simple' harassment regardless of whether that harassment is sexual, racial, homophobic or merely animated by personal dislike. In addition since any action under the Act are brought in the ordinary civil courts rather than a Tribunal there is no legal limit on the damages which can be awarded.

[your_postie]

I also feel that my manager continually nit picks at me, for no good reason. I feel that I am a good postman, who never normally books O/T, and gets the job done properly.

Hi bud I think you answered your own question "you do the job properly"
I have no doubt you are probably the only postie in your office who does this .
While the rest rush out the door & play right into the Dims hands.

In our office there are 5 of us who deliver to the same small town each one of us plays the game by RM's rules,
ie take our full break before we go out ,we are always last out of the office,we cut off everyday without fail,
we refuse to take the specials out if we know we are going to be there after 1pm .
Everything we do drives the lino's & the manager mad they have a purge on us now & then
prep tests, & the like ,they even come out to spy on us while we are on delivery.
I always tell the lino he is more than welcome to sit in the spare seat in my van ,to see where I go & what I do,(its a refused),I tell them to turn on my van tracker to see where I've been & at what time (its refused)
The latest request I give the lino is to track me on my PDA (its refused)

"I only play by your rules boss-if you try to do bully me for doing my job properly it will look very good when it goes to court wont it???"
if that wee gem does'nt shift the bampot in then hit him with this
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/uk ... 70040_en_1
It acts like cross shown to Dracula ,I've never seen a man run backwards as quick as him before

we share the same approach. invite the the managers along when they start to question you, at the end of the day if you deliver by their rules you've nothing to hide .


however: 'we refuse to take the specials out if we know we are going to be there after 1pm'

surerly it would be best if you took these out with you, then when it gets close to 1pm, you break off from what you are doing, go and deliver the special/s, then return to where you left and carry on. if it uses 20-30mins of your delivery time then so be it, that is what you are supposed to do.

[Spedley]

I always deliver my specials first no matter what! Its a security issue and if i can be rid of em so much the better if not i get another crack at it on the walk as i go around. Good for customer, good for me and even good for RM, Win win except it can use up to 20 or so minutes before i start my delivery proper Oh well i will get over it. LOL.

I used to do that when I started my delivery by 8am. It was often quicker to get 5 or 6 signatures at the start than to write 5 or 6 dockets an hour later.