Sexual discrimination/equal pay issue

hedger

the end is nigh......

our barrister reviewed the complete case and met with the opposing barrister last week. on his advice the outcome is an out of court settlement of £15,000 :T and the Equality Commission will be visiting the company to review its policies (or lack of). My wife will receive a factual reference from the company and it has instructed all its directors/managers not to be discussing my wife in future with anyone.

my wife wanted to go to the tribunal but the barrister said it was 50-50 and would be very intense for her. he praised my wifes handling of the case in terms of her thoroughness and he was able to get such a high settlement becuase of this. he warned the other side that my wife wud have no problems handling a tribunal and what wud come out publicly wud not be nice for them

so the long process has came to a satisfactory end. thanks to everyone on here who offered advice and support.

skintdragon

phew... a sigh of relief!

good to know you got some sort of compensation. well done.

:beer:

Zazen999

Excellent news. I wish you and your wife well.

terra_ferma

Congratulations! :T
Well deserved!

honeyD

Oh wonderful news! Ive been following this and so glad to see it was a good outcome! :T

hedger

i just read back over the thread from the start.....
I wud be interested in hearing the views of bendix, woody01, BLT etc

1984ReturnsForReal_2

That is about the right sort of money.

Now you can leave it be. Once the cheque has cleared anyway......

Barristers are very diplomatic..

hedger

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

If they are sensible they will offer. After all the company is responsible for a big f/up with the director not following procedure.

I wouldnt expect it to be more than 5k-10k in recognition of the salary review they "missed because of the downturn in business" due to the "recession".

but u said the above?

1984ReturnsForReal_2

hedger wrote: »

but u said the above?

Whats that? Pg 16?

That was before he went back to the company a 2nd time....


Quote in context Hedger....

He was one stupid ex-boss.........

1984ReturnsForReal_2

By the way.......

Did the ex-employer just say £15k & your barrister snapped their hand off or did the money start lower & work up??