never heard so much rubbish

[leeandjoanne]

i work for tesco and are having new uniform . im on a flexi contract and contracted for one day fridays 7-4 .mon -mthursday they give me flexi hours so basiclly i work anything upto 37and half hours mon - friday but as im only contracted the one day tesco are only supplying me with one shirt 2 fleeces one trouser i asked if i could swap a fleece for another shirt but they said no !!! and if i wear my old shirt i will get sent home and im not putting my washing machine going for one top each night !! surely they cant do this as i do work 5 days out of 7 and working the food must be health and hygeine is there a government website anywhere thats says about this or what are your views ??

[leeandjoanne]

help anyone ??? advice please much appreciated !!

[Tups]

I should write (or email) your local MP. I have found mine brilliant when I've needed help!

[China Doll]

I think you're being a little over dramatic.

They probably have a uniform budget and so those that are contracted to work longer hours and more days will obviously get more uniform than yourself. Under yhour contract you have exactly what you need in order to fufill your obligations. You may be able to buy another shirt, I've had staff do this before.

Look on it as part of the price you pay for being able to chose your own hours. It's not such a big deal really.

[Buenchico]

(2-part post):

Your store manager is probably simply following the company rules. It's unlikely that he's given any flexibility in the matter. You should therefore contact somebody 'higher up', who has the power to change the rules (or to allow flexibility with the existing rules).

Here's a suggested letter:

"Dear Mr Bloggs,

I write to advise you of an apparent conflict between Tesco's uniform policies and those it has on hygiene.

Tesco, quite rightly, expects its employees to maintain the highest standards of dress and personal hygiene.

However, even though I normally work 5 days each week, Tesco has restricted my uniform allowance to a single shirt (plus two fleeces and one pair of trousers). This is because my regular contracted hours are only from 7am to 4pm on Fridays, despite the fact that I'm normally called upon to work additional hours from Monday to Thursday.

As a result of this policy, I'm effectively forced to wear the same shirt for five consecutive days, which clearly conflicts with Tesco's policies on dress and personal hygiene. (The only alternative would be for me to wash and dry the shirt every evening. This is obviously impractical, in regards to both time and expense, as well as an inefficient use of our planet's limited energy resources).

I therefore ask that the company's policy on uniform provision should be revised and, in particular, that I be provided with additional uniform shirts as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully . . . "

[Buenchico]

Send your letter to someone like the regional manager but give a copy to your store manager as well. Make it clear that you're not complaining about him or his decisions, but simply that you're trying to get an inflexible policy changed. (If you don't give a copy of the letter to your store manager, he'll probably think that you've 'gone behind his back' and that you're criticising him personally. If you show him the letter, you can ask for his support in changing the policy and it's quite likely that you'll get it).

Chris

[seal!]

Buenchico has given excellent advice, but as a posed to the regional manager, I would send it to HR.

[echokilo]

Great letter - I would send it strsight to the chief exec - the idea of one shirt is preposterious.

[saxy_jag]

That's a great letter, and it could be worth copying it to HR as well. Your union too, if you're in one.