TUPE/Pensions/Detrimental Employer Advice

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Ghostgirll wrote: »

@bigadaj
Well, I'm a member of Unite the Union, but without special dispensation from London they do not generally help to finance a Civil court case, and it seems that the Employment Tribunal doesn't really deal with pensions per se, unless they can somehow be deemed to come under the heading of "Wages", so the answer is that at this stage I'm not sure about a) how it would be financed, and b) whether it needs to be financed , at least initially (i.e. if it goes to the Pensions Ombudsman then that of course doesn't require funding as such).

@xylophone
My IDRP process is 2 Stages, I've only just completed Stage 1, and am going on to Stage 2 (which is basically appealing Stage 1). I do intend to go to the Ombudsman, but they won't accept a complaint until the IDRP has been completed.

Indeed, people think that by paying into a union, they will get legal back up.

In reality, its almost worthless since the only legal advice they will front is ambulance chasing where they simply refer your case to their favourite legal firm, probably get a bung for doing so ,and the legal firm deal with it only if its a reasonable sure fire winner.

They soon blank you if it involves supporting a member when there is no big cash earner.