can you be told you cant go to the toilet in work?

hel_hev

what the "law" on this excatly ....

where i work , i was told to let supervisor know if i was going to the toilet , some other people in my team thinks they shouldnt have to do that ...
i myself didnt really care if the supervisor was near me id just tell them i was going off ... if they were not around however ... i wasnt going to walk around looking for them 1st lol

anyway , i ve heard rumours about they want a new rule that you have to ask to go to the toilet ..

and i ve heard of this in other companys ...

i mean asking you to let them know is one thing .... but asking for permission is giving them the go ahead to say " no "... and can grown up people be told they are not allowed go to the toilet ? that would be bad for your health i would say ...

surely there is some laws against this ?

Webmonkey

I would certainly think not - If there is such a law it is bloody ridiculous

AARRRGH

There aren't laws for everything.

I would say this is probably fine. It's stupid, but I can't see how asking to go to the toilet is illegal.

Personally I would just get a new job.

Bluetonic

Totally depends on the job.

If you hold a position where your being away from your job without someone else covering it even for a split second then it's a serious issue which needs to have such rules. There are many of these jobs around.

hel_hev

so if u ask and they say no .. (i mean i could put up with being asked to wait a few min , until someone covers) but no outright ?
& if i just went anyway ...& lets say this happened a few times and i get fired ... is this a fair dismissal ?

the_syco

What industry is it?

Whilst working on the tills in a cinema, we had to make sure someone would be able to cover us whilst we went (couldn't just leave the queue of 80 waiting whilst I had a sh|t), but once we had a replacement, no problem. Not a law as such, more like common sense.

In an office environment, though, it would not make any sense. Especially if the person crapped their pants whilst looking for said supervisor...:D

hel_hev

it is a office

Agent Smith

just go, what can they do? sack you for going to the toliet? thats a wrongfull dismissal case right there.


edit: this is, of course assuming your not going ever 5 minutes

pclancy

Ive always just gone, I dont know the legality but as mentionned if you being away from your desk leaves phones unanswered or there's some kind of safety/security issue from you being gone maybe its important to tell someone.

Supercell

Unless you work in a customer facing role like the_syco mentions where you should find a replacement, then just go.

If your employer complains then you have a case for constructive dismissal and your employers HR department will not like that one bit.

It wont come to that, don't take the piss (literally) and i cant see any employer making a fuss because you ate a dodgy curry last night.

My employer has rules about the time alloted to bodily functions but they are very very loosly applied, only time i ever saw someone given grief about it was when they were acting the bollix going out for a smoke every 30 mins for 10 mins.

mick.fr

You must be working at Dell no?

Jack Sheehan

In an office this is absolutely unfair and I'm pretty sure it's illegal as well. What do they expect you to do?

WhiteWashMan

hel_hev wrote: »

what the "law" on this excatly ....

where i work , i was told to let supervisor know if i was going to the toilet , some other people in my team thinks they shouldnt have to do that ...
i myself didnt really care if the supervisor was near me id just tell them i was going off ... if they were not around however ... i wasnt going to walk around looking for them 1st lol

anyway , i ve heard rumours about they want a new rule that you have to ask to go to the toilet ..

and i ve heard of this in other companys ...

i mean asking you to let them know is one thing .... but asking for permission is giving them the go ahead to say " no "... and can grown up people be told they are not allowed go to the toilet ? that would be bad for your health i would say ...

surely there is some laws against this ?

I dont know about th law with regards to informaing someone when youre going to the loo, but its against the law for a company to implement some sort of loo rota or time.
You can go whenever you want.

Which means yes, its illegal to stop someone from using the rest rooms.