Employment Law

[PetrolTed]

Anyone in this field?

[john75]

Try Eversheds they do that kind of thing

[PetrolTed]

Was after a quick bit of PHer-to-PHer advice really

[2 Smokin Barrels]

Not an expert, but plenty of experience.

[PetrolTed]

Employer+employee Seeking clarification of a redundancy scenario

[2 Smokin Barrels]

I've made a few hundred redundant over the years.

Is there a specific "hypothetical" question?

>> Edited by 2 Smokin Barrels on Tuesday 5th April 21:15

[Hughesie2]

PetrolTed said:

Employer+employee Seeking clarification of a redundancy scenario

would depend on LOS (length of Service Etc)

surely the Mrs would know Ted

[edc]

Try this www.emplaw.co.uk/

[apguy]

Ted, if you remember from our drunken days in DD's, my wife is MCIPD qualified HR bod.

PM me if it's still necessary.

[shadowninja]

john75 said:

Eversheds

just as well they do well in the legal trade... they'd never have made it selling cars with a name like that

[sb-1]

Leading on form this what is the best way to weed out unwanted people on a maybe tempory basis?(as they may need to replaced by others?)

Cheers

Steve

[Ex-biker]

PetrolTed said:

Employer+employee Seeking clarification of a redundancy scenario

Short version:

Employee has lots of rights.
Employer needs a bl**dy good reason.

[dubbs]

You'd be suprised. In the UK/US the employee doesn't have as much as they think. Europe is a mix of either US/UK thinking or they go the other way into Worker's councils and effectively union-style agreements.

I'm having to work on this as part of a rather huge global project I'm working on and it's a very tricky field.

UK redundancy laws suck! Netherlands however... they have to guarantee work for the employee and pay them off!

[stesrg]

PetrolTed said:

Employer+employee Seeking clarification of a redundancy scenario

Do yo want to pay out or not !!! eh.
Ste.

[Mark.S]

sb-1 said:

Leading on form this what is the best way to weed out unwanted people on a maybe tempory basis?(as they may need to replaced by others?)

I'm pretty sure you can sack anyone for any reason (or none!) during their first year of employment. After a years service they gain some rights to redundancy, reason for dismisal etc.

[stesrg]

If you have an unwanted time waster, hold the work back abit or wait till it is slack, and say to them these words SORRY BUT I WILL HAVE TO LAY YOU OFF UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, 3 weeks and their is still no work sorry by this time the they will be looking for another job .
As I had this stunt pulled on me several years ago I went to the CAB who said their is nothing we can do as you have not been sacked, certainly new I had to get a job asap.
Their you go..........
Ste...

[apguy]

I sympathise with the above reply. However whilst it may have occurred in the past the new Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure which became a legal requirement for ALL companies from Nov 2004 should prevent this scenario.