I have made a couple of small changes to an employee job description. These changes were made because the employee in question persisted in stating that these duties were “not in their job description”. The duties in question have always been part of the job for the last 20 years with other employees doing the job performing these duties. This employee has been working for us for approximately 3 years and has always taken exception to performing these duties. I feel i must elaborate further and state that this person is our only Secretary and sometimes refuses to type for certain people such as the admin dept / safety officer – she only wishes to type for managers and directors – I have changed the wording to typing for ALL staff (there are only 12 of us in the office). She is still refusing these duties as she thinks I cannot change the job description without her “permission”, even though the duties are deemed accepted by the fact that they have always been done. Where do I stand?
Louise Midghall