Employee fined £50 ‘toilet tax’

[Jazzy]

Call centre employee fined £50 ‘toilet tax’ for loo breaks

A Welsh call centre company, Solution Marketing, has been called out by an MP for fining an employee £50 for having multiple loo breaks.

The business which specialises in selling telecommunication and insurance products and services, had logged every time he used the facilities

A source close to the man told The Sun: ‘He asked for an explanation and he was shown a list of times when he had taken toilet breaks that month.

‘It made him angry enough to bring it to his MP.’

Madeleine Moon MP asked the Leader of the House, William Hague, for a discussion on the so-called ‘toilet tax’ in parliament.

Mr Hague responded stating he hoped the issue could be resolved without a Commons debate.

Solution Marketing responded: ‘It is not a Solution Marketing company policy or practice to make payroll deductions for toilet breaks.

‘Ad hoc deductions can occur where call operatives are missing from their desks for excessive periods of time.’

Your thoughts on fining an employee £50 for having multiple loo breaks?

 

[Angel]

I think it would all depend on how many breaks he is taking and if there is a good reason and if this is an ongoing problem and how long those breaks are.

Good reasons would be... bladder/kidney infection, sick, something going on in a persons life and need to be behind a closed door for a minute to regroup and the breaks are only a minute or two NOT 15 minutes...etc.

Bad reason would be... lazy worker, hiding out to avoid work, talking on cell behind closed doors, trying to sneak a cigarette or vap break... etc

If there is not a good reason AND it is company policy (written policy) that employees already know and understand will happen, then YES deduct it from their pay. Otherwise, if one employee starts with 10, 15 minute breaks in a day...then another person does and another etc... the company loses a lot of money from non-productivity and other employees may follow suite.

Sorry...but, I don't go for lazy workers.