x404.co.uk
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/

Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7354		 Page 1 of 1
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:29 am ]
Post subject:  Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... k-day.html

Quote:
In 1997 Gordon Brown pledged to cut 90 minutes of paperwork from every officer's shift to make "better use of police time".
However, the number of forms and red tape has increased since then.
One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.
Watchdogs recently revealed that police spend just one hour in eight investigating crime.

Says it all really. :o
Author:  james016 [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Ridiculous
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Good. Stop being sick and do your bloody jobs you power-hungry bastards.
Author:  AlunD [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Amnesia10 wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7534038/Police-fill-in-up-to-14-pages-of-forms-to-take-one-sick-day.html

Quote:
In 1997 Gordon Brown pledged to cut 90 minutes of paperwork from every officer's shift to make "better use of police time".
However, the number of forms and red tape has increased since then.
One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.
Watchdogs recently revealed that police spend just one hour in eight investigating crime.

Says it all really. :o


Yup Bureaucracy and red tape at its finest :roll:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
okenobi wrote:
Good. Stop being sick and do your bloody jobs you power-hungry bastards.

Shouldn't that be work shy bastards? ;)
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Amnesia10 wrote:
okenobi wrote:
Good. Stop being sick and do your bloody jobs you power-hungry bastards.

Shouldn't that be work shy bastards? ;)


Take your pick. They're all bastards ;)
Author:  jonlumb [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
I do wonder if the completely insane levels of paperwork is what's driving the police mad, and in turn generating the power hungry behaviour in some of them.
Author:  veato [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Amnesia10 wrote:
One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.


I havent read the story so expect a kicking when I get this wrong but doesnt this say the Human Resources department fill the forms in not the coppers?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
The HR department do fill in the forms but maybe this is because of the freedom of information act. Though considering that they claim that the public are responsible for X injuries on demonstrations which when examined closely include heat stroke, sun burn, wasp stings, hay fever and injuries waiting in police cars, this is probably a trade off from the lies that the police tell about the public.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
veato wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
One sick day requires six forms over nine pages to be filled in by the Human Resources department.
A further five page form must be filled in if an officer falls ill while at work.


I havent read the story so expect a kicking when I get this wrong but doesnt this say the Human Resources department fill the forms in not the coppers?


You aren't wrong. Also the amount of time it takes to fill out has not been mentioned, so for an experienced HR person this may be a drop in the ocean.
Author:  okenobi [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
jonlumb wrote:
I do wonder if the completely insane levels of paperwork is what's driving the police mad, and in turn generating the power hungry behaviour in some of them.


Could be. Argh, it's a vicious cycle :roll:

What do people expect?? It's the public sector. This is how they roll.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
belchingmatt wrote:
You aren't wrong. Also the amount of time it takes to fill out has not been mentioned, so for an experienced HR person this may be a drop in the ocean.

It is probably all tick boxes and nothing more and so quick to fill in.
Author:  ChurchCat [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
Never met a copper I didn't like.

Cut the paperwork and give the guys a chance to do their job of looking after us lot I say.
Author:  veato [ Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Police fill in up to 14 pages of forms to take one sick day
ChurchCat wrote:
Never met a copper I didn't like.

Cut the paperwork and give the guys a chance to do their job of looking after us lot I say.


That was my point. Its says HR fill in these forms. It doesnt say the coppers themselves have to. Sounds like a non-story tbh.
Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
https://www.phpbb.com/