The link below suggests not. The exemptions appear quite tightly defined to include only those who are crossing borders in the course of their duties.Would a train driver be exempt from quarantine once returning from Spain?
I have read that transport professionals are exempt. Does a train driver fall into this category?
No, they would have to quarantine.Would a train driver be exempt from quarantine once returning from Spain?
I have read that transport professionals are exempt. Does a train driver fall into this category?
If true that's ridiculous. People will simply not comply and go to work , potentially spreading the virus. I'm sure with GWR if you have to self isolate then you just go sick???ASLEF in our company have said you would need to use leave or go unpaid for the time you need to take off.
I would like to hope that anyone affected by the change last night wouldn’t have to go unpaid if they flew out under the previous rule.
If true that's ridiculous. People will simply not comply and go to work , potentially spreading the virus. I'm sure with GWR if you have to self isolate then you just go sick???
We had the same email from aslef. It says that they will raise with the company , regarding driver's that are already out there. The annual leave or unpaid is for anyone traveling to a country , knowing that they would need to quarantine.If true that's ridiculous. People will simply not comply and go to work , potentially spreading the virus. I'm sure with GWR if you have to self isolate then you just go sick???
Which is likely to end in disciplinary and potentially legal action.People will simply not comply and go to work , potentially spreading the virus.
If you’re told to self-isolate because you’ve been in contact with someone or whatever, that’s fair enough and rightly so. It’s much harder to argue for it if someone’s made a conscious decision to go abroad knowing that they’ll have to self-isolate when they get back. We’d be in a real mess if everyone did that - and why should those who aren’t going abroad pick up the slack whilst those who’ve had a week or two in the sun get an extra couple of weeks to chill at home? The tricky questions are how to deal with those who were already abroad when the quarantine was announced last week (sick leave sans MFA seems fair) and those who booked expensive holidays in good faith thinking that they’d be okay to go only to now be facing a difficult decision.I’m no expert on such matters but surely if you’re told to self-isolate then it’s classed as regular sick leave, and you can’t have it used towards MFA? I’m sure that what Whelan was banging out about in the ASLEF magazine recently.
The company I work for, which is a food distribution hub, have had rules since March stating that ANYONE who travels abroad without good reason, and subsequently has to self isolate WILL NOT be paid for it, likewise, anyone who they think hasn't took steps to protect themselves from the virus, can, and will be sent home, again without pay. It's a duty of care to fellow employees.
likewise, anyone who they think hasn't took steps to protect themselves from the virus, can, and will be sent home, again without pay. It's a duty of care to fellow employees
So presumably the company would take a dim view of, you know, living your life? Would they consider visiting restaurants etc to be not taking steps to protect from the virus?
Regarding visiting restaurants this is where the continuing lack of precision from the government is really noticeable.
Whelan and the ASLEF bods need to step in here. It should be a simple situation really, show when you booked the holiday to the employer. If you booked when quarantine was a thing then you should have to accept the unpaid/annual. But if you booked when it wasn’t a thing then why should you be penalised? I don’t see it as that difficult a premise really.
So presumably the company would take a dim view of, you know, living your life? Would they consider visiting restaurants etc to be not taking steps to protect from the virus?
This is the argument I was having a couple weeks back with them. To be polite, I basically said that once I was out of the gates, you have no jurisdiction over me or what I do.
not entirely true, you can be dismissed for things like bringing the company into disrepute, breach of social media policies....the obvious one would be use of recreational drugs Or alcohol taking you over the prescribed limit. Might sound pedantic but you do those outside of work and it will not end well at work!