Adding to a job description + cashing up til procedures.?

Question

I work in a hotel where recently we have been told that we now have to count our till floats. I have worked their for over 15yrs and have never counted the tills, it has always been left to managers and supervisors etc... The problem has started from short staffing, where their is not always a supervisor on to count the till. Myself and other staff members don't feel comfortable counting the till, and really don't feel it is our job to do it. The management have got their backs up with this, and have effectively said that we can leave if we don't do it. Do they have grounds to fire us, as non of us have signed anything to say we must count the tills, and is it not standard practice that a more senior position counts the till. The point they try to make is that if the till is down/up then they need us to tell them what has gone wrong, however we are not the only ones who use the tills, with other departments jumping on to help when busy etc...Help legally and morally would be good

Answer 1

Can't see the problem on this one. In business these days you have to do what you are asked, you can't dictate what you will or will not do.

Bit of a fuss about nothing.