Just curious about something. My workplace manager has a few new rules. One is phones. We're not allowed them with us on the floor. I agree because too many staff are on them. However, there's nowhere secure to leave them and staff have been known in the past to "lose" money and other stuff from their unattended bags. The manager is refusing to put in lockable lockers as there is a wall of pigeon holes there for us to use. It's like a display cabinet for thieves!
Secondly is uniforms. We can't wear them to and from work grounds and have to get changed there. Unfortunately the staff room is about 4ft by 5ft at most and we have as many males as females needing to get changed (staff of around 15 or so). I'm finding I have to go to work earlier and earlier each shift in order to get in the queue to just get ready and a 7am clock in time is hard enough as it is. My commute is long enough for my 12hr shift that there's no way I want to leave my phone at home and I can't leave my phone in my car, just as other staff cant either because many of us don't even have one. We do have a single staff toilet that's barely big enough to stand in and no hooks for your clothes so it's a case of dressing gymnastics holding your uniform between your knees or putting it on a swing bin lid that's likely had sanitary products put in.
What would you do in our place? Are there laws concerning this type of stuff? It may seem silly but it's extra stress 5 days a week hoping my bag won't be tampered with. Many workers come and go. Its so understaffed that they'll take anyone on.