A Payment a Day -Part Seven!

nickynoo08

Evening all,

Only another small pad for me today, £1 to baby savings and 20p to my pad tin.
Total £1.20 please

Dozy ar*e me has messed up this months budget a bit. Think i got carried away with my padding at the beggining of the month:o, so i'm gonna end up in my o/d when my bills come out on the first. Thankfully its only gonna be by £60 and my o/d is interest free, still gutted that i messed up tho, i've been so good with my budget for the last 3 months too:rolleyes:

dankosheemo

Paulgonnabedebtfree wrote: »

Most definitely. It's been a very long time since I was a union rep and a lot has changed since then - but as danko says, you must exhaust the company's grievance procedure before going for constructive dismissal. It may still be that, after exhausting this procedure (in writing), you must also inform them that you intend to claim constructive dismissal at the time of giving your notice. It is also good to bear in mind that people who you currently work with will be unlikely to back you up - even if the current indications are that they will. The other thing is that employers are prone to lying at tribunals. Even if you feel that you may have the moral high ground, this is no help at a tribunal if an employer lies about you.
Claims of being victimised due to recent motherhood and/or discrimination based on your gender usually make an employer sit up and take more notice as discrimination issues are usually the most expensive to settle.
If you can't make it look like one of the above, settlements are linked to length of service and what a possible redundancy payout (plus some extra) may have realised.
If you have worked there less than a year you almost certainly have no claim - unless a discrimination issue can be proven.
If you have worked there more than a year but not very long, if no discrimination issue is proven then a payout may not be that great anyway and serves more to give satisfaction about being in the right. Many employers may consider this cost worthwhile to get rid of someone who they no longer want.
Also, although it is illegal, it's likely that some unofficial blacklist exists and taking a previous employer to a tribunal would impact negatively on future employment prospects.
Not trying to put you off doing the right thing but it's good to know the full facts before proceeding.
If you are very unhappy there, maybe have a look around for something else and, after getting an offer in writing, just leave with due notice. This may not be realistic with current unemployment levels - depending where you live and what you can do.
There can be great satisfaction in telling an employer to shove their job up their rear end (*yes I have actually done that whilst slamming the door loudly on the way out ) but it's even more satisfying if you have something better to go to.

*I had a major illness and was accused of malingering.

Sound advice from Paul there Angelic. Don't worry, your employer won't be annoyed that you had two bouts of maternity

I know it can be frustrating but make sure you let this issue be known especially if 'no-one's around' when you work your shift (your words against theres - weaker argument), then take it from there. Get the wheels in motion with some dialogue and get it documented officially.

My experience with people 'leaving things' just makes things worse in the long run for both employee and employer. If you have a Union rep, you'd be entitled to have them present or a work colleague at any meetings. Best of luck with anything and keep us posted. It'll all work out
xx

Wesker

£6 to my £2 coin pot and 4p to small change pot.

Total £6.04 please

Paulgonnabedebtfree

angelicmary85 wrote: »

Paul I know no-one will back me up but if I had to, I'd go it alone! I don't think it's gender related, I think they are just miffed that I was off on maternity leave, went back for 6months then was off again as I was pregnant when I went back after having my 1st. I know they've got every reason to be annoyed at me as I've only really worked for 18months out of the 3years I've been employed by them but surely they can't hold it against me until I leave??

Well giving someone a hard time due to taking plenty of maternity leave sounds very gender related from where I'm sitting. It can be difficult coverng people's jobs for maternity leave but employers are quite happy to have a rule book when it works in their favour so they'll just have to put up with it when it works against them. Tough sh*t is what I say. You have to obey the rules when they work against you so make the most of it when they are in your favour.

knithappens

another £40 for me today

sashybo

Hi all, just another £1 to the ccs today.

There was a bit of black ice this morning - only found out when I landed flat on my back after slipping. Ouch, very sore back now.

mswan

Hi all overpayment rounding down my account so a Pad of £1.36 for me today

misslauren

$86.23 for me today, again Mr. Evil ANZ and St. George.

Silaqui

Hello everyone,

yet another 20p from me today. There is way too long to wait till payday!

My bloke is watching the most annoying program on telly at the moment - anyone seen that Glee thing? Biggest load of tripe I've ever seen, the stupid american voices and over the top fake singing and irritating background music actually make me physically angry!

Taking refuge in the laptop for now...

x

tomtombeanie

Silaqui wrote: »

My bloke is watching the most annoying program on telly at the moment - anyone seen that Glee thing? Biggest load of tripe I've ever seen, the stupid american voices and over the top fake singing and irritating background music actually make me physically angry! x

oh no! i watched 3 epsiodes of glee back to back last night and LOVED it! :o:o ha ha, i must be sad!