What package do employees get?

[TREES.SERVICES]

Hi all

 

What package do you provide for employed staff? Ranging from Tree Surgeons, Team Leaders and Ground workers?

 

PPE 

Holidays 

Breakages of tools 

Breakages of customers things 

etc?

 

Thanks in advance 

[htb]

If they are employed on the books, you are liable for all of the above.

[TREES.SERVICES]

Hi, I know this and this is how we run! However, I am just struggling with some staff thinking we have an endless pit of money to keep supplying jumpers, pants, boots because they take very little care. 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Dunno, you just have to get them to take more care, sort of your job as boss I suppose.

 

Unless you’re just letting off steam about it, which is fine.

[GarethM]

Think the deciding factor would be is the kit worn out or lost.

 

You could argue most equipment is 1 in 1 out, you loose it you pay for it.

 

At the same time I'd assume it's one pair of pants and 5 polo/jumpers preferably 60c wash.

[JLA1990]

Don’t know what quality of ppe you buy but in my experience the better the quality the more likely people are to take care of it ! If they don’t give them the cheapest stuff and if they ever complain… easily justified! 

[Mick Dempsey]

If someone won’t care, they won’t care what you paid, it’s still free to them.

[Ian Leach]

My old boss use to buy the cheapest PPE he could find, he said if you want better then you pay the extra. Most people paid the extra and looked after their kit as it was their money too.

[steve@black]

The local utility company i believe insist employees provide their own saws . This I understand from a large company you could just imagine the loss and damage . There is a weekly payment so not a bad way to own a saw for weekenders .