Mrs NW Suspended on full pay!!
Discussion
Davel said:
Has anyone else there been suspended or just Mrs NW?
Just Mrs NWGreatGranny said:
Is she employed by the school or the LA?
By the school until 31st DEcember, since then she was TUPEd into an outsourced companyBreadvan72 said:
Ubi ius ibi remedium*. In other words, go get 'em. I will offer some pro bono initial steers by PM if you like.
* Where there is a legal right, there is a remedy for the breach of it.
Sir, you are a true gentleman - As stated I will await the official letter from her employer to better understand the lie of the land* Where there is a legal right, there is a remedy for the breach of it.
Davel said:
Has anyone else there been suspended or just Mrs NW?
I was going to ask this. Someone must have made a decision as to whom to suspend. That someone must have had thresholds of proximity, opportunity, likelihood etc in their thinking in order to decide who stays and who goes. Everyone who meets or exceeds the thresholds must be suspended. If Mrs NW was suspended given her circumstances as detailed in the OP, we must presume she met the thresholds. If they're that low, it's fair to assume that everyone at the school was suspended, teachers, students, contractors, the lot. If this hasn't happened, then we must ascertain why Mrs NW met the tests, but others didn't.
Simon.
Of course, in the real world, we know that, for whatever reason, the school doesn't like Mrs NW, so they're trying to force her out the door by bullying her into submission. Why anyone would want to do this is a mystery. Firstly, because I'm certain the OP's wife is a delightful lady and secondly because it's so obviously going to be much worse for them when the Daily Wail inevitably send a reporter to the inevitable employment tribunal of the "woman who was sacked for serving sausage to a Muslim".
I take it that from previous you have a full copy of the disaplinary procedures and staff handbook? If not ask for one, if so look in there. If they have deviated from those procedures they are possibly in trouble but speak to an employment solicitor about that.
There also appears to be a sustained course of action against your wife from the bits and bobs I have read. You may wish to talk about this with your wife's solicitor.
There also appears to be a sustained course of action against your wife from the bits and bobs I have read. You may wish to talk about this with your wife's solicitor.
Absent a timetable prescribed by the employer's disciplinary procedure, there is none prescribed by the general law, but the employer must act reasonably. ACAS codes are not law, but an employer that follows neither a fair procedure of its own nor an external guideline acts at risk.
Time for a polite but firm letter, I think. Do not allow time to pass without asserting your position, as in a constructive dismissal endgame delay can be fatal.
pm me for a draft letter.
Time for a polite but firm letter, I think. Do not allow time to pass without asserting your position, as in a constructive dismissal endgame delay can be fatal.
pm me for a draft letter.
Breadvan72 said:
Absent a timetable prescribed by the employer's disciplinary procedure, there is none prescribed by the general law, but the employer must act reasonably. ACAS codes are not law, but an employer that follows neither a fair procedure of its own nor an external guideline acts at risk.
Time for a polite but firm letter, I think. Do not allow time to pass without asserting your position, as in a constructive dismissal endgame delay can be fatal.
pm me for a draft letter.
Advice like this is what you need. Time for a polite but firm letter, I think. Do not allow time to pass without asserting your position, as in a constructive dismissal endgame delay can be fatal.
pm me for a draft letter.
Carrier pigeon would of got you the letter here in less time, as BV has said firm letter.
"Official" Letter received allbeit through company email with a registered delivery to follow. The email was not received until yesterday and a meeting has been requested for today (which Mrs NW refuses to attend without adequate support).
It would also appear that she has been suspended on "zero pay due to the nature of the loss of money"
Mrs NW is beside herself!
BV, your offer is much appreciated but I don't seem to be able to PM.
It would also appear that she has been suspended on "zero pay due to the nature of the loss of money"
Mrs NW is beside herself!
BV, your offer is much appreciated but I don't seem to be able to PM.
NormalWisdom said:
"Official" Letter received allbeit through company email with a registered delivery to follow. The email was not received until yesterday and a meeting has been requested for today (which Mrs NW refuses to attend without adequate support).
Does she realise that union official or work colleague are her only options for support unless the employer is unusually generous?NormalWisdom said:
"Official" Letter received allbeit through company email with a registered delivery to follow. The email was not received until yesterday and a meeting has been requested for today (which Mrs NW refuses to attend without adequate support).
That's not much notice is it?I think that lack of notice is an attempt at gaining an advantage and something I've seen in two other cases.
I think my previous doubts that this is a stitch up and they're working to an agenda may have been confirmed.
ferrariF50lover said:
Norm, click on BV's username. When his profile comes up, one of the tabs will be 'email me'. That's the PM function on here.
Apologies, if you knew that and the problem is something else, but I though, you know, better safe than sorry.
Simon.
Ah ok thanks - In that case BV, I emailed you yesterday!! In fact I am so riled at this I am seriously considering paying for your services, this has gone on for too long in one way or another!!Apologies, if you knew that and the problem is something else, but I though, you know, better safe than sorry.
Simon.
Riley Blue said:
You'll be lucky to get any any action out of her union. When I accompanied my disabled O/H to a meeting with her union regional rep in the hope of getting a watertight claim for victimisation and intimidation acted upon all he was interested in was minimising the cost of union involvement. His first question was 'How much would you accept as a pay off?' Useless prick!
Well how much ? I was asked this by my union rep, before she then ripped my boss apart in front of the HR manager and his boss. I was made redundant (fairly - with 10% of the workforce) 4 months later, and got a lot less than the figure I told her. NormalWisdom said:
ferrariF50lover said:
Norm, click on BV's username. When his profile comes up, one of the tabs will be 'email me'. That's the PM function on here.
Apologies, if you knew that and the problem is something else, but I though, you know, better safe than sorry.
Simon.
Ah ok thanks - In that case BV, I emailed you yesterday!! In fact I am so riled at this I am seriously considering paying for your services, this has gone on for too long in one way or another!!Apologies, if you knew that and the problem is something else, but I though, you know, better safe than sorry.
Simon.
I can only be hired via a solicitor and I am too expensive for the average employment tribunal claim, but I can recommend one of my junior colleagues, all of whom are much better than me and much cheaper.
I have sent you an email.
Where are you located? I will recommend a solicitor near you, and if the situation becomes barristery. I would suggest that the solicitor use pretty much any of the junior juniors (ie from one to ten years experience) at Blackstone Chambers, all of whom are fabulous, but some of whom do more employment work than others.
Where are you located? I will recommend a solicitor near you, and if the situation becomes barristery. I would suggest that the solicitor use pretty much any of the junior juniors (ie from one to ten years experience) at Blackstone Chambers, all of whom are fabulous, but some of whom do more employment work than others.
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