Recent content by greatkingrat

If they genuinely have no intention of enforcing it, why not just remove it from the contracts?

That advice may be accurate but is not very helpful! Flying all the way to the USA only to turn around and fly straight back isn't what I would call a good outcome.

There was a case which reached the Court of Appeal which decided employers do not have any obligation to provide suncreen. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/tracey-earl-bid-sue-middlesbrough-7147527

I don't see how that rule can be enforced though. My car is currently exactly where it was 72 hours ago, that doesn't mean it hasn't moved in that time though.

When people used to pay money to download ringtones / wallpapers onto their phone.

What happens when you are spare? Do you have both shorts and trousers with you and quickly change in the toilets when you are asked to work a train!

Must be local differences. I have never heard the term "dial out" being used, it is always called plunging out here.

I don't know, but it doesn't sound like the sort of thing you should be taking advice from random people on the internet about!

There's more than one mistake!

c2c warning passengers not to use contactless from stations east of Upminster/Grays because of incorrect fares being charged. As an example, on the TfL Fare Finder, Basildon - Fenchurch Street is shown as £12.50 peak / £11.00 offpeak. BRFares shows £9.50 peak / £8.20 offpeak which I assume is...

I took that to mean they were referring to sitting spare regularly, rather than actually sleeping while working a train.

If you make everything ad-hoc, then people may be unable to book a full week off because one day in the middle has a full quota.

Beyonce concert at Tottenham last night.

You can apply to as many TOCs as you want. The 6 month rule is only if you take the assessments and fail. If you are rejected before the assessment stage, that does not count as a fail.

They *can*, however judging by the cases we see on this forum of people who have been convicted in their absence, it seems in practice they just use the default income the vast majority of the time.