Does your company allow the use of Personal cell phones during working hours?

Does your company allow personal cell phone use by the hourly employees during work?

  • Yes, no restrictions.

    Votes: 14 36.8%
  • Yes, but only for emergencies.

    Votes: 12 31.6%
  • No, no cell phones are allowed on the floor.

    Votes: 12 31.6%

  • Total voters
    38
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silentrunning

Does your company allow personal cell phone use by the hourly employees during working hours?
 
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Frank T.

Re: personal cell phones during working hours?

Yes, but only for emergencies. (e.g. pregnant wife, sick family member, etc.) It's written in our company handbook. I have seen employees get sent home for using their cell phone on company time for personal use.
 

ScottK

Not out of the crisis
Leader
Super Moderator
Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

only on breaks.
For emergencies family are to call company line.
They are even discouraged for office staff and most of us follow along.

We don't make people switch them off, but the phone are to stay in a pocket or at the the workstation. Hands free devices are not allowed.
For hourly workers using a cell phone during work time = disciplinary action.
 
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Craig H.

Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

The main restriction we have is that there is to be no cell phone use by anyone operating a moving vehicle.

A couple of years ago we started a project to install a radio antenna and radios in each of the forklifts. We were almost finished with the project when it became apparent that the guys were using their personal cell phones in place of the radios. Now, we don't require cell phones, but would likely have something in their place.

Works for us. Works well, in fact.
 
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noboost4you

Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

No cell phone is allowed to be on during the work day. Not even on to check the clock. Off means off.

Only time you're allowed to use your cell phone is before work, during lunch, and after work. Personal calls on the company lines is also limited and for emergencies only.

You're at work, do work. You want to talk to someone on the phone, do it on your own time.
 

SteelMaiden

Super Moderator
Trusted Information Resource
Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

That's easy. No signal, no phone calls.:D
 
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little__cee

Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

Our company handbook has this statement:

The use of personal cellular phones is not permitted on company property during work hours.


Having said that, I hear MANY unusual ringtones throughout the day. I'm pretty sure no one enforces it.
 
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qualeety

Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

Cell phone is becoming a big issue...see what Toronto School Board did...

School board bans cellphones

Apr 19, 2007 04:30 AM
Theresa Boyle
Staff Reporter

Students at Toronto public schools won't be allowed to use their cellphones in classrooms and hallways under a new board-wide policy approved last night.

Toronto District School Board trustees voted overwhelmingly to force students to turn off cellphones, BlackBerries and other personal communication devices during the school day.

The policy comes into effect later this month as the board informs each school.

Currently there is no system-wide policy governing the use of cellphones, leaving each school to make its own rules.

Officials have for months contemplated a board-wide cell ban in their 560 public schools.

Plagued by students filming fights on their phones, trying to cheat using the Internet on their phone, playing games in class, summoning spectators to schoolyard brawls and leaving class to take a call, North American schools are grappling with managing this technology.

Trustee Josh Matlow (Ward 11, St. Paul's) proposed the motion, arguing cellphones are interrupting classes and distracting students.

"This is a no-brainer folks. Just ask your local teacher," he said. "They're going off in classes ... students are texting back and forth."

The plan would require students to store their phones out of sight during the school day.

"As one of my principals says, there's no cell after the bell,'' said trustee Gerri Gershon (Ward 13, Don Valley West)

Matlow called the plan balanced, noting it wasn't as severe as that of some U.S. jurisdictions with outright bans.

The trustee acknowledged some people wouldn't like the restrictions.

"Some parents will say it's their right to contact their child 24/7," he said.

Parents argue their busy schedules make cells a logistical convenience, especially for single mothers juggling work and home responsibilities.

But long before cellphones were around parents could phone a school's main number to contact a child, Matlow noted. "We want our students to be active learners," he said. "When they're in a classroom and a teacher is in front of them, we want them focused."

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board banned cellphone use on school property in March, including portables, and also during after-school sports and field trips.

Some boards ban all hand-held electronic devices from classrooms and hallways, whereas others let students keep their iPods and other MP3 music players if teachers agree.

The Ontario Principal's Council has urged its members to push school boards for system-wide policies that would prohibit cellphones from exams, where students could use them to cheat, and also from washrooms and locker rooms where camera-equipped phones could invade others' privacy.

The group also wants school boards to think about what to do about cellphones during lockdowns, where students could text-message inaccurate information to relatives or even tip off someone wanted by police.

Some experts argue that the extent that children use cellphones outstrips any safety consideration.

Others say that cellphones are part of current social networking tools, like YouTube and MySpace, and that schools should be incorporating their use in the classroom, not banning them.
 
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Don Palmer

Re: Personal cell phones during working hours

I didn't vote because no selection closely fit our company policy:

Cell phones are to be turned off during work hours with the exception of 15 minute breaktimes twice a day and 30 minute lunch break.

Regarding emergency calls from family members, you are encouraged to have them go through the company's switchboard.

Sidenote: My wife was rearended coming home the other evening. She was 3 vehicles behind a car wanting to make a left turn in a hilly subdivision, when she was hit in the rear by the vehicle behind her.

The police report states that the young women had her baby and three other adults (young men) in the Ford Escort, and at the time of impact the driver (this young woman) was 'text messaging on her cellphone'.:bonk:

At least she was honest with the police officer. She offered all information necessary without the police having to ask probing questions.:bonk:

Now she wants us to be willing to settle without turning things into our insurance company. :lmao: We called our agent and filed a claim within an hour of the accident.

No way in h*ll, honey.:nope: :nope: :nope: Time to learn another one of life's lessons. :nopity:
 
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