please can anyone help

[jayney 12]

my husband is contracted to work mon to fri 39 hours per week after which he has the option of working overtime. he was sent a text from his supervisor to tell him he had to attend a safety meeting on a saturday for a four hour session, he would be paid for four hours but not for travel time or expenses, it would have been a five hour round trip without the session in total nine hours overall on a day he is not contracted to work unless he accepts overtime, he refused to go and has now been told he must attend a disciplinary hearing of which the outcome could be a formal disciplinary warning or dismissal he has worked for the company for nearly 3 years and never had any problem before can they do this to him.
thanks for any advice in advance

[legend_mark5]

I would imagine hes in the wrong.
Ive worked in jobs where you had to come in monthly for staff meetings and you were only paid the meeting time hours.If its a safety meeting then technically without the correct training they could say he wasn't adequately trained for the job.

The bottom line is in today's job market , if you've been happy for 3 years then to risk your job because of this would seem foolish.
If the company allowed everyone to miss the safety meeting then there d be no one that knew the safety rules/ training.
And if no one else was paid extra why should your husband be ?
Basically if i was him id go to the meeting state his case , calmly and quietly , and hope when hes disciplined , which he will need to be , that he only gets a verbal warning.

Training or staff meetings aren't normally classed as overtime in my experience.

[barney4444]

Hang on this seems strange.. I mean a 5 hour round trip to attend a meeting is one heck of a trip not reasonable to expect some one to do that at their own expense....

[jayney 12]

thanx eddie51 i will do

[legend_mark5]

Seeeing as your job may be at risk with the possible takeover between hbos and tsb id say smooth it over so at least one of you definitely has a job.

Its hardly the right time in the job market for a major hassle.

[jayney 12]

its ok for you to say that but unfortunately his hearing is tomorrow too late to be smoothing things over i think he just needs to know his rights thats all

[terambulan]

Here it is again

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Jobs-and-Educat ion/Question627060.html

[jayney 12]

sorry terambulan dont mean to confuse you