Discrimination Case with DWP wins £400K

[Burwood]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51620990

I accept it's outrageous, treating anyone like this but we aren't in the US and what basis is there to award such a sum. It's bonkers. She wasn't the CEO. The judge has essentially told her she can have 20 years income in one swoop.

[T6 vanman]

Complainent joined the DWP branch in Caerphilly as a full-time administrative officer in 2017,
Complainent went on sick leave in March 2017 and was unlawfully dismissed in October that year for being unable to return to work,

Complainent wins Brusey bonus payment of £400k in 2020

My CV is being drafted to DWP now

[vaud]

Loss of future earning potential may be part of it, given they kiboshed her DWP career.

[amusingduck]

It doesn't seem that the people involved have been sacked or prosecuted?

Why the fk not?

It's completely unacceptable to just dish out £400k and consider it job jobbed. Get rid of the fking scum that caused the £400k liability at the absolute least.

[kev1974]

Ker-ching!

So she joined the department in 2017
By all accounts got treated really rather badly by other staff
Went on sick leave in March 2017
Dismissed in October 2017.

So at most did about 10 weeks work (or showed up for 10 weeks anyway) and it's cost the taxpayer £386,000.

But according to that story none of the other staff have been disciplined despite costing us £386,000.

Does seem to be an extraordinarily high payout for a paperwork shuffler.

[sociopath]

Unless you've worked in the public sector, you have no idea how bad it can be.
It's like the eastern block in the 60s, tinpot dictators, the stasi and the politburo rolled into one.

If they take a dislike to you, you're screwed. Good luck to her.

[hutchst]

vaud said:

Loss of future earning potential may be part of it, given they kiboshed her DWP career.

She's 59

[Burwood]

amusingduck said:

It doesn't seem that the people involved have been sacked or prosecuted?

Why the fk not?

It's completely unacceptable to just dish out £400k and consider it job jobbed. Get rid of the fking scum that caused the £400k liability at the absolute least.

It's gross misconduct. Her 'bosses' who failed to deal with the grievance should be sacked.

[geeks]

hutchst said:

vaud said:

Loss of future earning potential may be part of it, given they kiboshed her DWP career.

She's 59

So?

[vaud]

hutchst said:

She's 59

Your point being? Her retirement age would be 67, so that is 8 years of potentially lower earnings (well would be measured from 2017, so more like 12 years)

Employment tribunals look at the future impact as well as the past loss.

[Fastchas]

sociopath said:

Unless you've worked in the public sector, you have no idea how bad it can be.
It's like the eastern block in the 60s, tinpot dictators, the stasi and the politburo rolled into one.

If they take a dislike to you, you're screwed. Good luck to her.

This is complete bks

[sociopath]

Fastchas said:

sociopath said:

Unless you've worked in the public sector, you have no idea how bad it can be.
It's like the eastern block in the 60s, tinpot dictators, the stasi and the politburo rolled into one.

If they take a dislike to you, you're screwed. Good luck to her.

This is complete bks

Which bit?

If you disagree I suspect you're one of the guilty ones.
Are you a union rep by any chance?

[Electro1980]

Fastchas said:

sociopath said:

Unless you've worked in the public sector, you have no idea how bad it can be.
It's like the eastern block in the 60s, tinpot dictators, the stasi and the politburo rolled into one.

If they take a dislike to you, you're screwed. Good luck to her.

This is complete bks

This. It is no more true than saying every private company is a haven for psychopaths and discard people for pennies in profit. Yes, I work in the public sector, and have done in various state and education organisations for 20 years. No, I have never been part of a union (well, appart from the first month at the council where I was auto enrolled, u TIL I told them to stop).

[samwilliams]

Look here - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e5... - if you want to see exactly how they came to the figure. The calculations are at the back.

[Vanden Saab]

geeks said:

hutchst said:

vaud said:

Loss of future earning potential may be part of it, given they kiboshed her DWP career.

She's 59

So?

£50,000 a year for an admin assistant in Wales...

[geeks]

Vanden Saab said:

geeks said:

hutchst said:

vaud said:

Loss of future earning potential may be part of it, given they kiboshed her DWP career.

She's 59

So?

£50,000 a year for an admin assistant in Wales...

I have no idea how you arrived that particular conclusion, nor how that factors into the fact she is 59...

[randlemarcus]

samwilliams said:

Look here - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e5... - if you want to see exactly how they came to the figure. The calculations are at the back.

Total Award after Grossing up at 40% £386,059.73
Am assuming that the slightly open handed payout is taxable, so this is just throwing money from DWP to HMRC, yes?

[bitchstewie]

samwilliams said:

Look here - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e5... - if you want to see exactly how they came to the figure. The calculations are at the back.

Thanks

I do wonder what people would consider a "fair" sum for enduring that sort of abuse.

[Thorodin]

My daughter once worked in DWP. It was almost full of little Hitlers, frequently screaming at junior staff for minor infractions of processes even before training sessions had been attended. Fear rules and more than a few managers made life a misery for newbies. Daughter left and went to work in a women's prison. That was remarkably different and progressive. DWP is hell.

[LimSlip]

geeks said:

I have no idea how you arrived that particular conclusion, nor how that factors into the fact she is 59...

She has 7 years before reaching retirement age (assuming 66 yo), 386,000/7 = 55k/year until retirement if she does nothing at all until then.