smoking in the work place

[excelsior-1]

we all know it is banned.
many companies have set up special areas outside for smokers.

i have frequently seen lorry drivers smoking in their cabs.
are they technically 'smoking in the work place' -- and therefore not allowed to do so?

[factor-fiction]

not allowed

[waterboatman]

Nor is using hand held phones, but they do!

[factor-fiction]

.... unless no-one else uses it, I think.

This is the rule for company cars

a company car used solely by one employee and not used by anyone else for work either as a driver or passenger is exempt and does not need to be smoke free;

[factor-fiction]

http://www.pinsentmas...iafiles/134379445.pdf

[gness]

Not allowed but hell Excel.......live dangerously. If you want to light up in the space ship go for it.

[Barmaid]

I think it depends on whether the lorry is used by more than one person. If it is only used by one person, there is no illegality.

Not sure how accurate this is:- http://stagesafe.co.u...les-used-for-work.pdf

[ChuckFickens]

http://www.out-law.co...and-company-vehicles/

Most lorries are for use by only one person, so it would be allowed, but if it's a shared lorry they can't smoke.

The slightly daft one is when a vehicle is used by two people (say a builder and his mate) and they both smoke then neither of them are allowed to smoke because it's a shared van, there should have been some form of opt out in cases like that so as long as all users of the vehicle agree to it then smoking would be permitted.

[Barmaid]

Must type faster, sorry Factor.

[ladybirder]

Are they allowed to drive and smoke an ecig?

[Barmaid]

ecigs are perfectly legal - even in the pub.

[B00]

"ecigs are perfectly legal - even in the pub. "

Yay <lovingly strokes her ecig....>

[Traci66]

Don't try and smoke an e-cig on the coach though.

[B00]

s'only Stagecoach though innit? Don't think any other company has done this- not yet anyway.

[ladybirder]

Did you try traci?

[Traci66]

No I didn't ladybirder.

[woofgang]

Not ilegal per se but the NHS PCT I worked for said that there was to be no smoking on work premises, during working hours, or while wearing uniform, so if you wanted to smoke on a break, you had to get changed and leave the site....I guess if the drivers wear uniform a similar rule could be enacted but hard to police.

[Matheous-2]

I remember a time when you could walk out of a shopping mall and draw a breath of "fresh air".....Now you have to hold your breath until you emerge from the "smoke cloud"

[TWR]

If the HGV runs 24 hrs (2 shifts) no smoking. but as stated, its up to the company.

[lcg]

no -- they are not supposed to do so....but i smoke on company premises, in company time, but i do go outside. it makes mr far more productive and less stressful. i'd go postal if i didn't and i do far more work than the lazy b***ards i work with.

[lcg]

i meant to say that it is not illegal (one person in one vehicle in certain cercumstances - see above) but a lot of companies have uniforms, and say you can't smoke while 'representing the company'. i'm glad i don't have to wear a nursie uniform, or i'd have to get naked while walking out of the building, walk off site and stand on the public pavement in front of the 'nhs hospital sign' (and it is a nutty hospital as well!).......i'd fit right in! x