first year of employment - instant dismissal

maxmycardagain

Marcon said:

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

How about suggesting reading the small print of the employment contract first, in case payment of the insurance premium by the employer came with certain conditions...? The person posting here isn't the individual who has been sacked, and is unlikely to have had access to the relevant documents, so making sweeping assumptions could be somewhat unwise.

 There is nothing relating to vehicles or insurance in her contract of employment, she was told she must have a car to take the job, after some months she was told her car wasnt considered suitable (a 2014 Insignia) and she MUST change it....

Company came up with the insurance idea, no conditions

She is immediate family so i DO have access to all documents

maxmycardagain

Is it restrictive to say an employee cannot leave a job and join a company that trades with her ex-employee?

it seems fine for directors and management level but not underlings...

Hoenir

Marcon said:

Hoenir said:

Cancel the insurance buy don't mention it to the employer. 

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

Insurable interest has already been mentioned. 

Who is now driving the vehicle? As they themselves are uninsured. 

The ex-employee needs to distance themseves totally from the shenigans. 

GrumpyDil

maxmycardagain said:

Is it restrictive to say an employee cannot leave a job and join a company that trades with her ex-employee?

it seems fine for directors and management level but not underlings...

Restraint of trade/employment clauses are always challenging. In this case possibly unenforceable but needs someone to properly review knowing all the information. 

maxmycardagain

Hoenir said:

Marcon said:

Hoenir said:

Cancel the insurance buy don't mention it to the employer. 

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

Insurable interest has already been mentioned. 

Who is now driving the vehicle? As they themselves are uninsured. 

The ex-employee needs to distance themseves totally from the shenigans. 

Car is in the possesion of the company, who/where she doesnt know

Company have said they accept all liability for lossor damage

and can she wait to cancel (while they sort insurance) but asks what the refund will be........

BoGoF

maxmycardagain said:

Hoenir said:

Marcon said:

Hoenir said:

Cancel the insurance buy don't mention it to the employer. 

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

Insurable interest has already been mentioned. 

Who is now driving the vehicle? As they themselves are uninsured. 

The ex-employee needs to distance themseves totally from the shenigans. 

Car is in the possesion of the company, who/where she doesnt know

Company have said they accept all liability for lossor damage

and can she wait to cancel (while they sort insurance) but asks what the refund will be........

Get it cancelled now. It's her no-claims thats in danger should anything happen in the meantime. 

Marvel1

maxmycardagain said:

Hoenir said:

Marcon said:

Hoenir said:

Cancel the insurance buy don't mention it to the employer. 

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

Insurable interest has already been mentioned. 

Who is now driving the vehicle? As they themselves are uninsured. 

The ex-employee needs to distance themseves totally from the shenigans. 

Car is in the possesion of the company, who/where she doesnt know

Company have said they accept all liability for lossor damage

and can she wait to cancel (while they sort insurance) but asks what the refund will be........

Yeah right, they will backtrack that.

 They didn't wait to sack her, she should have been removed yesterday morning.  

Hoenir

maxmycardagain said:

Hoenir said:

Marcon said:

Hoenir said:

Cancel the insurance buy don't mention it to the employer. 

There are an awful lot of people confidently asserting that cancelling the insurance is the way to go, without stopping to consider it may not be that black and white.

Insurable interest has already been mentioned. 

Who is now driving the vehicle? As they themselves are uninsured. 

The ex-employee needs to distance themseves totally from the shenigans. 

Company have said they accept all liability for lossor damage

and can she wait to cancel (while they sort insurance) but asks what the refund will be........

Why don't they simply insure the vehicle themselves then?  Why the reluctance to cancel the insurance. Particularly given the way she has been treated. Sounds as there's more than is being told. 

maxmycardagain

Hoenir said:

Why don't they simply insure the vehicle themselves then?  Why the reluctance to cancel the insurance. Particularly given the way she has been treated. Sounds as there's more than is being told. 

She is being bullied, she is scared of them and as far as she is concerned at least, there is no hidden agenda

Zaxb

This sounds like a stressful and upsetting situation for the sacked person, but sadly not one which falls outside employer rights.

Presumably the company will be arranging their own insurance, or more likely from what has been said expecting her replacement to arrange new insurance. Of more interest to me would be the question of what would have happened if the car had been written off, or even claimed upon.