Organisation misbehaviour

Reported in The Guardian yesterday is what appears to a case of "organisation misbehaviour" - the employer is up to tricks instead of the employee.

The problem - "Struggling companies seeking to cut staff are avoiding the cost of redundancy payments by sacking workers for spurious reasons or falsely claiming they face only a temporary layoff, figures from advice groups and tribunals show."

The evidence - "In the last three months of 2008, the CAB's network of offices saw inquiries about dismissals increase by 18% on the same period a year before, with 7,500 people seeking advice every month on average, most over alleged unfair, constructive or wrongful dismissal.

Further evidence - "Employment tribunals service statistics show that in the 12 months to March 2008 there were just under 41,000 cases accepted for consideration, while in the last nine months alone there have been nearly 38,000, an increase of 23% in the monthly average."

For more details of employer shenanigans see Recession-hit firms 'use dodges to shed staff without redundancy pay' (Peter Walker).

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Ten Minute Job
=====================
http://virtualofficejob.com