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You cannot cure stupid

We've had two troubled employees for about six months now.  Two younger guys, who caused a sort of difficulties: aggressive often late and drunk, but until now there was little we could do.  They were careful, in never being on camera when they caused problems.  Because of work being done on the farm, we had a scissor lift, and I took the opportunity to replace the four broken cameras with newer models, which had been broken for some weeks inside one of our warehouses on the old farm.

Both Jennifer and I have been looking for ways to legally kick them out, but UK labour laws are strict.  These two idiots crashing one of our UTVs into the wall of our warehouse, and causing extensive damage to the building, and the UTV, turned out to be their last action as employees of the farm.  Because they hit so hard, one broke his nose and the other his left arm.  Because it was an industrial accident the police were contacted, its standard procedure and the two idiots started telling their tale.  In a he-said-she-said situation, the employer usually loses.  

Jennifer, my wife and I as well as two police officers then viewed the raw footage of the accident.  They were bragged that they could crash the UTV through the wall, and if they got hurt they would sue the farm for their injuries.  You then saw them set up the crash (four times to make sure they got the correct angle), and then hit the wall.  

Under UK law, the video is admissible, but their description of the events is not a crime.  However, it is more than enough for us to fire them.  We will recover the losses from insurance, and the insurance company will sue them for their expenses.  

Bottom line, they are no longer our problem,.  


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