suitable work conditions...

lolo62

hi looking for a bit of advice here...

i teach music in a private music school. ive been at this school for about seven years now and over the past couple of years the school has gotten extremely busy as new courses have started during this time.

what this means for me....and the problem i am having...is that consistently rooms beneath me or next door are being let out to bands/drummers which make a lot of noise and make my work very difficult...impossible to concentrate (the students also) and just stressful.

a certain amount of noise is understandable and acceptable and i am both flexible and reasonable but it has gotten to the stage that if i bring the issue to admin im being told to just suck it up (in so many words) and treated like im being difficult

as being provided with suitable conditions to carry out your work by your employer is pretty much fundamental i know i have rights here but im wondering what legal issues this brings up? can anyone here give me advice on this?

thanks!

Victor

For clarity, are you a salaried / waged employee working for the school? You aren't employed by the students directly or by the school on an occassional basis?

An enquiry to the HSA might be useful, citing noise-induced stress.

Pity the people using the library in Rathmines in the same building as the music college!

RIAM did a fair bit or work to create individual sound proof practice rooms.

lolo62

Victor wrote: »

For clarity, are you a salaried / waged employee working for the school? You aren't employed by the students directly or by the school on an occassional basis?

An enquiry to the HSA might be useful, citing noise-induced stress.

Pity the people using the library in Rathmines in the same building as the music college!

RIAM did a fair bit or work to create individual sound proof practice rooms.

I am a permanent part-time employee of the school and I am payed an hourly rate for the set hours I work there.

I hadn't thought about the HSA so thanks for that!

Its amazing the conditions Ive taught in over the years but this takes the biscuit...part of the problem is that private music schools are a grey area ie. nothing to do with education dep. unions etc so no regulating, another is that the people running the places usually are musicians themselves and have absolutely no managerial or administration skills or qualifications!

Victor

lolo62 wrote: »

nothing to do with ... unions etc

Every employee is entitled to join a union, although employers are not obliged to deal with the union.

thunderdog

I teach in a similar place but I've organised with the head of the school to have all the loud instruments down the back of the building while we're at the front.

Drums, guitars etc can all be done electronically now through headphones so you could suggest that perhaps if there is no other room for them to move to

lolo62

thunderdog wrote: »

I teach in a similar place but I've organised with the head of the school to have all the loud instruments down the back of the building while we're at the front.

Drums, guitars etc can all be done electronically now through headphones so you could suggest that perhaps if there is no other room for them to move to

thanks for that....i managed to get somewhere with the situation although i had to fight! the problem is there is another course running there that is managements priority and that is the real issue...lack of support..

thanks again