Unfair Dismissal medical reasons

Ath_Wat

danjackson2021 said:

SadieO said:

danjackson2021 said:

when someone has nothing they have nothing to lose😁

I'm not sure that's true. You might have zero money, but if you get into debt you have less than zero! And there's more to lose than just money. Fighting a difficult battle uses up your time, gives you stress etc. You might think they have "nothing to lose" but their quality of life could get a lot worse. 

I think all that is true of the big company they don’t want all that which is why they prefer to settle

They need at least to believe you are going to go to court in order to settle.  A letter that bad that is clearly lying about having consulted a legal firm will not convince them of that.

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Op have you obtained any accountable advice on this matter - yes or no?

polgara

danjackson2021 said:

SadieO said:

danjackson2021 said:

when someone has nothing they have nothing to lose😁

I'm not sure that's true. You might have zero money, but if you get into debt you have less than zero! And there's more to lose than just money. Fighting a difficult battle uses up your time, gives you stress etc. You might think they have "nothing to lose" but their quality of life could get a lot worse. 

I think all that is true of the big company they don’t want all that which is why they prefer to settle

I worked for a pretty big organisation and we very rarely settled and if we did it was because we had an unwinnable case (only happened once in a 16+ year career in HR).  We took the view that if we got a reputation for settling it would increase the number of ‘chancers’ lodging claims against us. We’d rather spend £1000s on solicitors and barristers - plus we’d put cost orders against those with weak cases. So don’t make assumptions about ‘big companies’ and their appetite for a legal fight.

SadieO

polgara said:

danjackson2021 said:

SadieO said:

danjackson2021 said:

when someone has nothing they have nothing to lose😁

I'm not sure that's true. You might have zero money, but if you get into debt you have less than zero! And there's more to lose than just money. Fighting a difficult battle uses up your time, gives you stress etc. You might think they have "nothing to lose" but their quality of life could get a lot worse. 

I think all that is true of the big company they don’t want all that which is why they prefer to settle

I worked for a pretty big organisation and we very rarely settled and if we did it was because we had an unwinnable case (only happened once in a 16+ year career in HR).  We took the view that if we got a reputation for settling it would increase the number of ‘chancers’ lodging claims against us. We’d rather spend £1000s on solicitors and barristers - plus we’d put cost orders against those with weak cases. So don’t make assumptions about ‘big companies’ and their appetite for a legal fight.

Also, I imagine the stress/time/money aspect would affect an individual significantly more than a big company. especially if they are big enough to have a legal department/person in house. They will just do this as part of their day to day job without any personal costs.