Craig

Before you do anything though I'd dig your contract (I presume you've still got a copy) out and go through that section with a fine tooth comb before you go and read them the riot act. Although it may not seem likely, most contracts within a work place are individual rather than follow a set format and just because your colleague has got the clause, you may not have. What's more, if you are a big organisation, you more than likely have your own legal department and if that's a case, they'll have written the contracts rather than HR and they confuse you with allsorts of crap which allows them to weed their way out of things (been there and done that!). Another thing to keep aware of is that a lot of HR departments frown heavily on the terms & conditions of an employee's contract being made public - this includes clauses. Most people think this just applies to the discussion of salaries, but it can go beyond that. If you're believed to have discussed the T&Cs of your contract with another employee in our place then it's a disciplinary followed by a dismissal if you're found guilty.They can be very draconian on this and the general rule is, the bigger the company, the worse they are... As Peasepud says, make a polite approach otherwise you'll get nowhere. If you can' find a copy of your contract, then approach them first and ask for a copy as you've lost yours but don't let on why you want it. Finally if you're bamboozled by the verbal diarrhoea that the legal eagles have written in your contract, then take it along to the Citizen's Advice Bureau and they'll decipher it for you and let you know if you're contractually entitled to it. If it's not in there with both your signatures on the end of the contract (i.e. i's a 'verbal' agreement), then they sadly have the right to change their minds.... Good luck matey

9456[/snapback] Some of us are at work you know!!!

I prefer a nice pair of tits myself.....

I could whisper them seductively in your shell like. Tongue optional. 9437[/snapback] Craig will take that option up. 9450[/snapback] I've told you to keep quiet about that! *only if people ask nicely*

"nothing flashy, nothing over the top... perhaps a little badge that says "HE GAVE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE!!" Hancock of course 9448[/snapback] A pint??? *classic*

They've blocked NUFC.com?? Draconian bastids!

Nope, they should open the door, hoy a nail-bomb in there and shout "Alcohol Parcel!" Make for far better television IMO! *not that I'm condoning that sort of shit*

I've done it 10 times in total - now got some lapel badge (which I've lost) and a bronze coloured card (also lost)...

Old as feck, but still raises a smile....

Nah man, it's "What's black and silver and sits at the top of the stairs?" 9025[/snapback] Question is, how the feck did he get up there in the first place?

Nope but my Dad did national service and he is the same temprement as me. I can see where it did him some good and how too it would have done me some good.

Jesus Christ, I thought that was my Dad for a minute!

"This news will be received with immense sadness, not just in Britain but in many parts of the world. "Robin was an outstanding, extraordinary talent - brilliant, incisive in debate, of incredible skill and persuasive power." 8311[/snapback] ....which were the contents of a 'Downing Street statement'.... let me just re-iterate my point: A 'Downing Street statement' is not exactly a 'public tribute' is it? Don't lose sight of the fact that this is Tony Blair we're talking about, the man who loves to get in front of a camera and give a public statement whenever he has the opportunity... Not this time though, eh Tone? What's the matter? Can't forget the fact that Robin exposed you for what you really are, even after his death?? Anyway, it's not about Blair, it's about Robin Cook - one of the few politicians in my life time who put his beliefs before his career and for that reason, I think he'll be sorely missed... Again, RIP! 8316[/snapback] Do you write for the Daily Mail? Just because Tony Blair hasn't come out in a public press conference to express his sadness doesn't mean he is bitter or whatever. You've no idea what Blair was doing yesterday, for all you know he could have been visiting an obscure farm in the middle of Wales with no TV cameras around! 8393[/snapback] Tried to lose my point there I see, but to deviate back to it, Blair has been in these 'obscure' places before and still managed to get his mug on camera to do the clever PR. He even managed it for Edward Heath FFS, but not it seems for a former member of his own cabinet.... He still managed to contact Downing Street though to draft out a press release!

Can't be Jimbo.....trousers ain't stained! Bears a striking resemblence to someone else though!

Teaching them discipline along with it is IMO... OK, so being past the age of conscription, my views are obviously different to what they were when I was in my teens. But honestly, I think there would be significant advantage by sending people to do NS than not. There is little discipline amongst the youth of today's society.

"This news will be received with immense sadness, not just in Britain but in many parts of the world. "Robin was an outstanding, extraordinary talent - brilliant, incisive in debate, of incredible skill and persuasive power." 8311[/snapback] ....which were the contents of a 'Downing Street statement'.... let me just re-iterate my point: A 'Downing Street statement' is not exactly a 'public tribute' is it? Don't lose sight of the fact that this is Tony Blair we're talking about, the man who loves to get in front of a camera and give a public statement whenever he has the opportunity... Not this time though, eh Tone? What's the matter? Can't forget the fact that Robin exposed you for what you really are, even after his death?? Anyway, it's not about Blair, it's about Robin Cook - one of the few politicians in my life time who put his beliefs before his career and for that reason, I think he'll be sorely missed... Again, RIP!

I think this says it all, wierdo!

RIP - without a doubt the most intelligent man to ever represent the Labour Party, he deserved more respect than Bliar ever gave him and it hasn't gone unnoticed to me that no public tribute has been heard... Have heard one from Michael Howard though

Happy birthday to the biggest tosser on the web!

Absence of nerves in their feet?

www.ask.co.uk?? 8123[/snapback] Sceptic 8136[/snapback] You're a tax man, I know you know fuck all about specific heat capacity.... It's 10 years since I did A-Level Physics and I've having a job remembering it!