Harold Mayo
Member
After some consultation...
If the company has no written policy AT ALL and it's just something passed around by word of mouth, then the company is SOL. If there is a written policy in effect, then the employee is SOL, union or not. As has been pointed out, employment is voluntary. By taking that paycheck, you are implicitly agreeing to the working rules that are in effect. If you don't agreee with them, then you shouldn't take the paycheck.
If the company had no policy in effect and has since changed it and HAS NOT notified the employees by posting the change or having a meeting about it, then the company hasn't really made that change yet.
If it were me and I were under suspicion, I would probably just do what another poster said...drive as close to work as possible and then walk.
If the company has no written policy AT ALL and it's just something passed around by word of mouth, then the company is SOL. If there is a written policy in effect, then the employee is SOL, union or not. As has been pointed out, employment is voluntary. By taking that paycheck, you are implicitly agreeing to the working rules that are in effect. If you don't agreee with them, then you shouldn't take the paycheck.
If the company had no policy in effect and has since changed it and HAS NOT notified the employees by posting the change or having a meeting about it, then the company hasn't really made that change yet.
If it were me and I were under suspicion, I would probably just do what another poster said...drive as close to work as possible and then walk.