{"id":7922,"date":"2012-01-31T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T11:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=7922"},"modified":"2012-01-31T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T11:26:15","slug":"train-as-you-scrounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=7922","title":{"rendered":"Train-As-You-Scrounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new one \u2013 or it  would be, if you were likely to get away with it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/232;margin: 6px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" title=\"A Pain in the Ass\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bad_back.jpg\" alt=\"A Pain in the Ass\" width=\"180\" height=\"232\" align=\"left\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Reginald Garden was \u201coff sick\u201d from work with a \u201cbad back\u201d for 7 months. He used the sick period to train as a driving instructor. His company sacked him two weeks after he qualified as an ADI.<\/p>\n<p>Garden was originally paid \u00a38,000 for unfair dismissal, but that has been overturned on appeal. The appeals Judge said that Garden had \u201clied to his employers\u2026 and continued to take lessons even after being warned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garden just wants to \u201cmove on\u201d from the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Two things pass through my mind. The first is how someone so \u201cill\u201d they couldn\u2019t work could manage to complete the necessary ADI training. Sitting in a car is absolutely one of the worst things for a \u201cbad back\u201d, so it raises obvious question about the genuineness of the original reason for being off sick.<\/p>\n<p>The second thing is one of the criteria for becoming an instructor (and remaining one). Being a \u201cfit and proper\u201d person, and all that.<\/p>\n<p>I always assumed that lies and dishonesty would be included in that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new one \u2013 or it would be, if you were likely to get away with it. Reginald Garden was \u201coff sick\u201d from work with a \u201cbad back\u201d for 7 months. He used the sick period to train as a driving instructor. 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