daughter given boot, advise please (update 9 sept)

zzzLazyDaisy

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Also if she's asked to sign a Compromise Agreement, she does have to get independent advice from a solicitor first, for which the company must pay reasonable costs. Lazy Daisy may have said that in her pm, of course!

Thanks for mentioning this point Savvy_Sue. I didn't raise that issue yesterday, as I felt it better to concentrate on what OP might need to know for the meeting itself.

But yes, if the company wants a Compromise Agreement, that is a legal document which will be drawn up by the employer (or more likely their solicitors). OP's DD will have to take it to a solicitor who has to sign to say s/he has advised DD of her legal rights and the implications of signing the agreement (ie she gives up any right to go to an ET). There is actually nothing in law to say the the employer must pay the employee's costs, but since it is in the employer's interests that the CA be properly executed, custom and practice is that the employer pays the employee's legal costs limited to a specified amount, which is normally £250 + vat (and has been that amount since about 1996, as far as I can recall!)

zzzLazyDaisy

duchy wrote: »

I'd give them all day today and ring at 9 am tomorrow. It does sound like they are trying to be fair at area level but the area manager probably has to get it approved by someone high in HR because of the legal implications to the company. Can't say I blame your daughter-I wouldn't want to go back either.
I can think of several companys it could be so I'm not going to speculate at this point.:)

I agree with Duchy - it is very likely that the area manager does not have the authority to sanction the payment, and the delay is likely to be due to getting the payment approved by someone higher up the foodchain. Also, it is quite likely that the company's advisers will prefer to put their proposals in a 'without prejudice' letter, rather than discuss them over the phone. Personally I'd leave it till Friday morning before chasing this up, but that's just a personal view.

duchy

any news Silky ?

BYALPHAINDIA

Sorry to hear of this happening to a young lady, To be honest in this Country you work hard and you get nothing to show for it.

We are just 'Robots' and Numbers for the Beancounters!!

That's why I am now self employed, As I am quite outspoken and that usually caused arguments in the places I worked.

Managers are not what they were, Some could not organise a ........

They don't breed many good managers thesedays.

In the end I couldn't be bothered with it all anymore, The politics of everything, watching everything you say & do all day everyday.

By Law yes you have to have some kind of 15-30 min break every 4.5 hours, But quite a few companies seem to have their own rules.

My wife is a 'Senior Care Worker' and sometimes she does well to even have 5 minutes on a 12 hour shift, Although only works 3 days per week, She still should and needs a refreshment.

At the end of the day some companies are not bothered if you come & go.

And that's where some companies have made their own demise.

What goes round comes round.
Good luck To Your Daughter.
Best Regards.