Suspended During Grievance

kelly_borntoshop

they dont want court, they said they would win but don't want the hassle basically. that is their reason for the settlement. yes it does seem odd and this contract stinks lol!

Uncertain

justanopinion wrote: »

Advise them that you have made prelimary enquiries and that £450 is a more realistic amount for legal advice. Get them to give you a daft of the comp agreement and then go to a solicitor - explain the situation.

From that point, you will no longer speak to them - the solicitor will.

£450 won't go far at all if the solicitor is going to negotiate on your behalf. £200 PH + is the going rate.

It is fine for doing the legal essentials, i.e. explaining to you what right you are signing away then issuing the required certificate.

It may well be worth paying for some additional work by the solicitor yourself. If they can get you an extra £1000 for a cost of £500 it is clearly a sound investment.

However these sort of sums are nothing compared with the value of right reference in getting you another job.

justanopinion

Sure Daisy will also come back and advise - employers like this are solicitors favourite people! Have a lovely everning.

Uncertain

justanopinion wrote: »

From a reference point of view - have the exact wording agreed and in the comp agreement. My experience is something simple works better, not the overblown xxx did a great job etc. If I get a reference back like that, it just smells like a settlement...

something like Kelly was employed as xxx from x date to x date and her reason for leaving was resignation.

As I indicated in an earlier post, that is a difficult one and depends greatly on the industry.

justanopinion

No, £450 would not go far, but as employers they are not going to pay for her to get the legal advice for anything other than the signing and advising it's compliant.

Good point, Uncertain.

Also, yes, depends on industry, but I can only advise on mine, which I did say.

kelly_borntoshop

Come On Daisy!!! lol

kelly_borntoshop

i am insured for court proceedings under military insurance but not general things like the CA. would they invoice me - could it be paid out of any compo? may find it hard to put my hands on a grand prior to any pay off but if daisy thinks i have grounds to go for more i will.

zzzLazyDaisy

Hi Kelly

Sounds like you had a blast!

I'm pleased to hear that they put a compromise agreement on the table - it shows they are getting legal advice, and the solicitor is telling them like it is, which is great.

I have just surfaced from a gruelling physio session so I may not come back with any sort of detailed reponse this evening, and I'd like to have a proper read through whats been happening while I have been absent.

One thing I would say is forget the contract. It is irrelevant nonsense. You are not planning on going back there (that's right isn't it?) so just put it to one side and forget about it.

Go and relax, have a glass of wine or whatever your tipple is (but don't come on here later, drunk as a skunk, telling us you love us all ).

I'll come back tomorrow with my thoughts on the CA and a reference.

Dx

Edit - also please don't get dollar signs before your eyes.... I'll see what we can do to maximise the payout, but tbh on a very cursory first glance I think they are probably in the right ball park, and the biggest plus is likely to be the reference.

Any news from the other job? (sorry if I have missed that)

kelly_borntoshop

ok thank you daisy i really appreciate it

kelly_borntoshop

sorry about the physio that sounds painful!! :A

no news on the job - though they werent exactly fanstastic at getting the interview together either i had to chase that up and go on the day.