Posted By Paul Leadbetter Lost!

Posted By Mark B misinformed!

Posted By Heather Aston Very, very naughty. Seriously though.. "acting outside the terms of their employment" might cover it, or "misuse of company transport" or "falsifying expense claims" or "gross misconduct" - it really depends on their contract of employment. At any rate, a sackable offence if they were seeking to defraud the company in some way I would have thought. Heather

Posted By Del Basi Nick You are probably looking for AWOL. On a serious note, I would give the person the benefit of doubt to start off. However, as it is a serious matter it needs to be investigated fully, before any disciplinary action is considered. Kind regards.

Posted By Karen Todd Hello Nick, I've come across this one before as my husband is a lorry driver and some of the companies he's worked for have trackers fitted to the unit. All the companies he's worked for which have trackers fitted to the lorries have made their employees aware of the trackers, and what the drivers are allowed/not allowed to do, e.g. sometimes need prior authorisation to drop the trailer and head to the services to get something to eat, or prior authorisation to take the lorry home or do a private run. Permission was always given to all reasonable requests. However, some of his friends have worked for companies which have not told their drivers of the presence of the trackers. There was much discussion about this, and some thought that they could potentially leave and claim for constructive dismissal, as there had been a fundamental breach of the employer/employee relationship (namely trust) - for the employer to fit a tracker to the vehicle and not tell the employee. Others swore that they would phone the police having discovered a 'suspicious object' attached to their vehicle, hoping that the bomb squad would come and do a controlled explosion on their vehicle and then that would be the end of the tracker!!! Regards, Karen

Posted By Laurie This person is obviously unmarried. An married person would not have been caught, and if they had been, would have had a perfectly plausible unprovable excuse, sorry - reason! Laurie

Posted By RP This is often called Leadus-plumbie(y) from the roman term for swinging the lead... or was he actually lost???