Job’s worth

By The Newsroom
Published 27th Dec 2013, 00:00 BST
Neil Barber (Letters, 26 December) raises the case of the Marks & Spencer employee whose religious beliefs prevented her from handling pork and alcohol. The fault for this situation is entirely that of her employer, who should have written a more detailed job description, which would have prevented her from being appointed in the first place.

For example, when I became a sales representative many years ago, my job description specified that I should hold a clean current driving licence and be a UK passport holder. Without those, I would have not even have made it to the interview stage.

What do people find so difficult about the application of common sense these days?

Malcolm Parkin