To dock a worker's pay for every penny they have cost my dad?

[Roary1]

I have been left to run my dads building firm for the last month. Last week a member if staff TEXTED in claiming they had been admitted to hospital with laryngitis. I did not believe him and requested a ward discharge summary which he could not give me and then just admitted he had gone to A&E and did not go to the ward as the hospital had no beds. He was told a sore throat is not a valid reason for absence but he stayed off for the week. After returning he went AWOL for a day he claimed he had texted in but I never received it and when I asked him to produce the text off his mobile he claimed he deleted it. His messing around has lost the company £200. Should I dock it from his pay?

Incidentally if he has texted in the past to say he won't be in when your Dad was there you might be on shaky ground with that.

Texting in is normal at my work, we never ring.

Or you can do what you want and fire him and then go and dress up as Alexis Colby.

I'm dressed as Alexis Colby as I type [eats Twiglets covered in gold leaf]

Actually I want to dress up as Krystal Carrington.

I will do that and me and you can have a fight, Bert.

I would join in but I've got a bit of a sore throat today.

I'm going to dress up as Bob the Builder and go to A&E

I don't have access to a lilypond here Gav. Blow-up paddling pool with happy hippos on it will have to do? [removes earrings, puts razorblades under fingernails]

Blimey.

You sound well 'ard OP.

Can I be Crystal Carrington?

I have an old outfit with shoulder pads.

Pleeeeeease.

Oh sorryLeGarvOrf.

Maybe I could be Sue-Ellen?

If I didn't have to be married to Larry Hagman though.

Afternoon all,

A reminder of a our talk guidelines

Who was the one that died but didn't really and came back in the shower? Can I be him?

Is it not usually no pay for the first 3 days then statutory sick pay until the 7th day when a Doctors line needs produced.

The guy sounds like dh's cousin. Got his mum to call in sick for him when he'd been arrested over the weekend and lied then admitted the truth. Resulted in a disciplinary and warning.

Bobby.

You have to marry Pam though.

I think you will find a tribunal will cost the firm a lot more than £200, even if you settle it will cost you way way way more..

I don't know who Pam is or Bobby either really so that's ok. I just fancied being resurrectable.

I suppose it makes a change for the op not to be having some sort of incident in a supermarket.....

Bobby was JR's nicer brother.

Pam was his wife but she came from the wrong side of the tracks.

Miss Ellie was the mum and Jock was the Dad.

Erm, not that I watched it or anything...

Hermione has given the best advice, you do seem a little power hungry but if you are really keen to get rid just dismiss him making sure you follow any procedures in place. I'd check with your dad if he is happy for you to do so - it is his employee after all.

Oh, and there was Lucy.

Who was Gary's daughter...

Thank you, Salmotrutta. I quite fancy having a wife from the wrong side of the tracks - kind of spices things up a bit, don't you think?

Mumsnet at is worst. And I don't mean the OP.

Oh yes.

Bobby and Pam were very much a luuuuuuurve match.

But JR married Sue-Ellen for her looks, seeing as how she'd been Miss Texas (or something)

As he has under a years service he wouldn't have grounds for a tribunal xylem unless he could prove some form of discrimination had taken place.

MrsPHollywood - there's another thread that is an exact duplicate to this one.

Maybe you'd like that one better.

Better be quick mind - it's about to be zapped.