Employment law/ Legal help.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:59 am
There is a lot i can say here, but before I see my lawyer, I thought I would put this out, see what the intelligence out there brings.
Right.
I was working for a company, who are apparently getting bigger and better. Trouble is, they are corrupt.
They cannot attract a decent calibre of staff, and their staff has turned over 70% in the last year. In their field, they are attracting a bad reputation from an employment perspective.
In terms of Health and Safety, proffessional standards and good practice, what I have witnessed is shocking.
They attract clients without communcating to them their staff turnover, and when key members of staff leave, this does not get communicated to the client. The appropriate skills to certain methods are not passed on, and people go ahead with what is required anyway- and certificates get signed.
Now- I decided to leave, having had enough. They are duping clients.
I became very depressed and mentally ill through my experience- it was an insult. I'm fine now, though. !wink!
Anyway- their sick pay policy is in-house; the worker has no rights. The only right you have is that if you don't like your job, you can f**k off out the door.
So, if you are off sick in yor first year, you only get SSP- buttons. If you have served one full year, you are entitled to FULL sick pay.
I served my calender year in mid-January. I was off work with a viral infection over christmas, I was suffering depression too.
So. Mangement knew what I was going through, but did not communicate this to HR. As such, I was called up to a disciplinary hearing (over attendance) that I should not have had to attend.
I was off ill at the end of the week- and was off until I got my new job. I was medically certified. I was scheduled to return on mid-Feb, where the HR manager (who has since been sacked), having in her possession documents that told her I was medically and legally fit to return to work, thought she was above a doctor, told me 'to see the doctor again, take another week off'. I was angry, but complied.
I have not been paid 6 weeks' wages yet.
Since I handed in my notice, I was sent a letter saying I owe ?X. However, this did NOT factor in FULL sick pay since mid-Jan. Now, when I calculated this out........ they owe ME a lot. In factoring in this, and the money i "owed", the company has tried to save and extort a fair whack.
WORSE, I have requested my P45- which they are withholding. I have not had the courtesy of a simple reply of acknowlegement.
I am not convinced that this situation is known to senior management, and that middle management are playing God.
This is very unfair, and I want to get my money back and get on with my life.
The company know I have a breadth of exprerienc, and know how things should be done- attemptsd have been made to bull and intimidate; i have witnessed this happen to others.
You would not beleive the scandal either. Un-FUCKING-believable.
What should I do?
Ta in advance.
ff.
Right.
I was working for a company, who are apparently getting bigger and better. Trouble is, they are corrupt.
They cannot attract a decent calibre of staff, and their staff has turned over 70% in the last year. In their field, they are attracting a bad reputation from an employment perspective.
In terms of Health and Safety, proffessional standards and good practice, what I have witnessed is shocking.
They attract clients without communcating to them their staff turnover, and when key members of staff leave, this does not get communicated to the client. The appropriate skills to certain methods are not passed on, and people go ahead with what is required anyway- and certificates get signed.
Now- I decided to leave, having had enough. They are duping clients.
I became very depressed and mentally ill through my experience- it was an insult. I'm fine now, though. !wink!
Anyway- their sick pay policy is in-house; the worker has no rights. The only right you have is that if you don't like your job, you can f**k off out the door.
So, if you are off sick in yor first year, you only get SSP- buttons. If you have served one full year, you are entitled to FULL sick pay.
I served my calender year in mid-January. I was off work with a viral infection over christmas, I was suffering depression too.
So. Mangement knew what I was going through, but did not communicate this to HR. As such, I was called up to a disciplinary hearing (over attendance) that I should not have had to attend.
I was off ill at the end of the week- and was off until I got my new job. I was medically certified. I was scheduled to return on mid-Feb, where the HR manager (who has since been sacked), having in her possession documents that told her I was medically and legally fit to return to work, thought she was above a doctor, told me 'to see the doctor again, take another week off'. I was angry, but complied.
I have not been paid 6 weeks' wages yet.
Since I handed in my notice, I was sent a letter saying I owe ?X. However, this did NOT factor in FULL sick pay since mid-Jan. Now, when I calculated this out........ they owe ME a lot. In factoring in this, and the money i "owed", the company has tried to save and extort a fair whack.
WORSE, I have requested my P45- which they are withholding. I have not had the courtesy of a simple reply of acknowlegement.
I am not convinced that this situation is known to senior management, and that middle management are playing God.
This is very unfair, and I want to get my money back and get on with my life.
The company know I have a breadth of exprerienc, and know how things should be done- attemptsd have been made to bull and intimidate; i have witnessed this happen to others.
You would not beleive the scandal either. Un-FUCKING-believable.
What should I do?
Ta in advance.
ff.
