Royal Mail NO Smoking Policy

[gspot01]

hey in our office we have been told that its not allowed on RM property, but during strike the other day, we were picketing the gate and a manager and scab were both standing in the carpark smoking. Not that we bothered we were just glad they didnt come out to the gate and bother us.

[POSTMAN]

hey in our office we have been told that its not allowed on RM property, but during strike the other day, we were picketing the gate and a manager and scab were both standing in the carpark smoking. Not that we bothered we were just glad they didnt come out to the gate and bother us.

Why do they always talk bollox!!!

They're wrong! You can smoke 4 Meters from an open window or door.
So for instance the car park is ok.

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/forum/vi ... ht=smoking

[Daz]

What about the customers that smoke outside the callers office door there is a very short distance between the callers office counter and the front door in our office and when there is a Que and a customer is smoking just outside the open front door it really does annoy me

[evilc]

What about the customers that smoke outside the callers office door there is a very short distance between the callers office counter and the front door in our office and when there is a Que and a customer is smoking just outside the open front door it really does annoy me

That should be stopped as the law says " no smoking should take place within 4 metres of a workplace entrance "

[fedup postie]

hi do you know that if you dont have a no smoking sticker above tax disc in any royalmail omv the driver can be fine £50. i know this to be a fact i am the union rep for drivers in bristol so i refused to take the omv out to day you should of seen them panic they had to fine some quick all vans still not got them so dont get fined give the problem to the manager or tell them you will phone the smoking hotline on tv they will s**t themselfs good luck

Does the Sticker have to be above the tax disc or just displayed on the window somewhere in the vehicle? Where does it tell you that if the sticker is not displayed that the driver will be fined?

Cheers

[droopy]

What about the van windows as the vans are classed as workplaces. So 4 metres from vans.

[Daz]

What about the cuctomers that smoke on Royal Mail property do we tell them not to smoke while queing outside for a parcel?

[superpost]

What about the customers that smoke outside the callers office door there is a very short distance between the callers office counter and the front door in our office and when there is a Que and a customer is smoking just outside the open front door it really does annoy me

That should be stopped as the law says " no smoking should take place within 4 metres of a workplace entrance "

Don't believe this is correct,we rang the local council and asked them about a 4m exclusion zone and was told that although the steps outside the office were RM property and they could stop you smoking there it was the councils pavement and they have no jurisdiction so the 4m zone can't apply, and anyway if the law said no smoking within 4m of a workplace entrance why do people smoke outside pubs, thats a workplace. I think you'll find this is not the law this is what RM have conjured up