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  1. I'm looking for another job currently so will just stick it out like you said I'll wear a scarf and hope it doesn't get itchy!
  2. Cheers! I mentioned it because I am registered disabled under mental health and wanted to give as much information as possible, no need to get assy over it. So overweight people who suffer heart attacks or have to have time off because of high blood pressure its noones fault but their own too? Or if someone gets severely depressed I suppose thats their fault too for choosing to be depressed? Anorexia can be a side-effect of depression just as ibs or headaches can be with stress. I dont know the laws and regulations when it comes to mental health and disability, for example if I have the right to have Thursays off to go to my day-care program. I hope someone less bitter and moronic as you replies with a genuine clear response and not an excuse to 'have-a-go' over something they clearly have no education on what so ever!
  3. I don't know anything about the laws and legal matters ....but how can he be expected to happily train someone who is working under/along-side him while he KNOWS is getting paid more then him! Thats disgusting!
  4. I also forgot to mention when the issue of my tattoo was raised the HR woman said I could use my first pay to get new clothes. I started on the 19th May and didn’t get paid until the 26th June I was on benefits until I got this job so I had a small amount of money in my back account until my first payday I have rent and bills to pay on top of having to now go out and buy new clothes. So I told her I wasn't going to get any new clothes until I got paid because it was unrealistic to assume I had money to waste on work clothes!
  5. Basically I applied for my job and got a letter saying I was unsuccessful and that I didn’t get the job. About a month later I receive a telephone call informing me that the job is still available if I want it I say yes (as at the time I was unemployed) then the woman on the phone said that In the interview it was noticed you have a tattoo on the back of your neck you have to have it covered. At work I wear normal clothing I have long sleeves to cover my wrist tattoos but the one on the back of my neck was brought up by HR as an issue as it was still visible. I started wearing a scarf. Now I go back to work next week after 4 weeks written off sick and I’m going to outright refuse to cover my neck tattoo (it’s not really visible anyway it’s not large and it is covered by hair anyway). HR raised the issue as it would be a bad example to students (I work at a college in the offices which don’t have any student access)… However students break up for the term soon and as staff we were told that we are allowed to ‘dress casual’ when the students break up so where do I stand? Also I am considered disabled I have depression, OCD and am currently receiving treatment for anorexia, I stopped treatment when I started work but when I got written off sick I started again the only problem is that it is a day-care programme 10am-4pm so wouldn’t be able to carry on whilst at work. Obviously being told that I have to cover up is causing me problems as I have self image problems already without being told to hide away under long sleeves and scarves. My issues are they shouldn’t have hired me if the tattoos were that much of an issue and they can’t expect me to remain covered up when it is summer and the other staff are allowed to wear t-shirts and more casual clothing when there are no students in the college. Do I have any options? Can I ask for Thursdays off while I go to my treatment? Can I get fired for having my tattoos showing in summer or is that considered a breach of humans rights even if it is mentioned in the contract ‘no visible tattoos or piercing’. I wish I’d never taken this rotten job!
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