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Is Redundancy Legal |
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Mar 17 2011, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Mar 17 2011, 10:39 PM) Where did you read this? P5 NWN 17-MAR-11
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Mar 17 2011, 10:52 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Mar 17 2011, 10:38 PM) I believe, but I may be wrong the post has to be empty for two years, simply call the job something else and change the duties slightly and it's a goer And if the 'new' people are paid less.
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Mar 18 2011, 07:05 AM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Mar 17 2011, 10:49 PM) If you read the story entirely, not just the word 'redundant', it seems the staff are actually being asked to retire so that younger staff who will otherwise be redundant can be redeployed. If the NWN article is misleading on the use of a single word the rest of the matter is put to rest.
My knowledge of employment law is not the best, but I certainly believe making someone 'redundant' when their job really continues to be available can lead to a tribunal hearing for unfair dismissal. I did read the story entirely, quote from David Rendall '..... it is cheaper for the tax payer to make such redundancies from that age group'.
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Mar 18 2011, 08:34 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 17 2011, 10:52 PM) And if the 'new' people are paid less. I presume you're in favour of this?
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Mar 18 2011, 11:13 AM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Mar 18 2011, 07:05 AM) I did read the story entirely, quote from David Rendall '..... it is cheaper for the tax payer to make such redundancies from that age group'. And, as I said, the misuse of the 'redundancy' status is an error by David and the NWN. The staff and their posts are not redundant, they are being asked to retire and thus free the post up for someone to be redeployed to.......
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Mar 18 2011, 11:15 AM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Mar 18 2011, 08:34 AM) I presume you're in favour of this? In my time, I have been a victim of such practice. It certainly wasn't an endorsement.
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Mar 18 2011, 11:31 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 18 2011, 11:28 AM) UK employment law does not give the employee a great deal of protection. An employee's best option for a fair deal is to join a union. Unison are good. Which most WBC workers are members of so their rights should be well protected.
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Mar 18 2011, 12:58 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Mar 18 2011, 12:51 PM) Were these people MADE to retire? Because the incompetent Labour government left the country in such a financial mess that all local authorities have no choice but to cut back.
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Mar 18 2011, 01:33 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Mar 18 2011, 12:51 PM) Were these people MADE to retire? No.
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Mar 18 2011, 01:43 PM
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QUOTE (Bloggo @ Mar 18 2011, 12:58 PM) Because the incompetent Labour government left the country in such a financial mess that all local authorities have no choice but to cut back. Irrespective of whose fault it is, it does not give the council carte blanch to act outside the law. If the council make people redundant as opposed to posts (which NWNreader throws doubt on), they are acting illegally.
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