Earlier today PCS Union General Secretary Mark Serwotka has written about the long running dispute at the National Gallery which has culminated in the dismissal of PCS rep Candy Udwin on the Peoples Assembly website. PCS does have questions to answer on the support it offers to victimised reps but here I entirely and unreservedly … Continue reading Mark Serwotka on sacked PCS rep Candy Udwin
Month: May 2015
Discretion on the Sift
When a claimant lodges an employment tribunal claim the case does not always get so far as the Respondent even needing to decide whether they contest the case and need to submit an ET3 (the document setting out a Respondent's Grounds of Resistance). Sometimes an employment judge reviews the case at the outset and determines … Continue reading Discretion on the Sift
Access to Work Funding to be Cut
A mere six month's ago a group of MPs reported that the Department of Work and Pension's Access to Work scheme was failing to reach the people it needed and that further work was needed to increase its coverage. The then Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP (Con) encouraged all business to utilise the … Continue reading Access to Work Funding to be Cut
There is Power in a Union
Michael Reed is a solicitor and principal legal officer for the Free Representation Unit (the FRU). I should say at the outset that I have immense respect for the work of the FRU (and if you can, I would encourage you to support them). As a union rep I have also referred cases to FRU … Continue reading There is Power in a Union
Socialist Party Comes Out Against the Postponement of Elections!!!
From the CWI website, February 2015
“We of the Socialist Party …………. condemn the recent postponement of the 2015 …….elections ……….. We hold that it completely begs the question for ….. to postpone the elections by six weeks on the basis of the ……….! We condemn the………. interfere in the electoral process.
We view the empty arguments employed in postponing the elections as a deep reflection of the ineffectiveness of the …………………………….. We demand that the elections should be held in spite of the fact that the failure of the labour movement leadership to form and build a formidable mass working people political alternative ……….. we are totally opposed to any erosion of the democratic rights of the working people, including their suffrage rights under any guise. We are strongly opposed to any strategy……….. to compromise the elections in a bid to extend its tenure …………
We call on…
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Choice of Decision Maker made Dismissal Unfair
I referred to the case of Thomson v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust about a week ago in respect of disability related misconduct dismissals. The case has been more widely reported in respect of its unfair dismissal findings, however. The ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, which is intended to provide "basic … Continue reading Choice of Decision Maker made Dismissal Unfair
Employment Writes 