Alkazaa: IMO, this is a reflection of society and it's slide downhill........ Rewarding people for doing what is expected of them is sometimes a nice little gesture but to make it the norm ends up being self defeating and costly.

Couple that with having no consequences for people who do not follow policy is ludicrous. There are rules to life and if one is not prepared to follow those rules then one should probably go and find their life elsewhere. Policies are put in place for the protection of _both_ the employer and the employee and if the employee decides that the policies do not apply to them then they place one, the other or both at risk. By bringing risk into the equation you don't necessarily threaten yourself, you may be threatening others which is unacceptable.

As far as the union is concerned - if the policy is written, if everyone signs as having read it, if the consequences of failing to abide by the policy are laid out in the policy document and the employee clearly breaches the policy then the union doesn't have a leg to stand on and can be told to mind their own business.

Sorry, but this constant, "bleeding heart", "you can't punish" attitude is becoming quite tiring.

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools"...... Unfortunately, our species is breeding the fools at an exponential rate and almost seems to have ceased breeding the former........ Time to throw some more bleach into the gene pool!!!!!