Bolshy 'employee'
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Roger
I largely agree with the above comments.
BUT
In a previous life I was an accountant and, at variuos points, studied law and particularly employment law.
Now, I would exercise a little control and look into the matter extremely carefully before taking any action. I have known people be taken to industrial tribunals for the most ludicrous charges, and found against because they had broken the most absurd rules.
eg:
An employee steals £15,000 from a company to fund his drug habit. Director finds out, sacks him on the spot. E'ee takes e'er to tribunal for unfair dismissal - relevant disciplinary proceedings had not been followed. Tribunal finds in favour of e'ee and awards £20,000 in costs. E'er CANNOT offset the £15k stolen from him - has to pay the £20k to e'ee, and seek recovery of the £15k as a separate legal action.
Absolutely crazy, I know, but true.
I am not saying you would be wrong to dismiss this e'ee, but just look into it first.
Cheers
Karl
I largely agree with the above comments.
BUT
In a previous life I was an accountant and, at variuos points, studied law and particularly employment law.
Now, I would exercise a little control and look into the matter extremely carefully before taking any action. I have known people be taken to industrial tribunals for the most ludicrous charges, and found against because they had broken the most absurd rules.
eg:
An employee steals £15,000 from a company to fund his drug habit. Director finds out, sacks him on the spot. E'ee takes e'er to tribunal for unfair dismissal - relevant disciplinary proceedings had not been followed. Tribunal finds in favour of e'ee and awards £20,000 in costs. E'er CANNOT offset the £15k stolen from him - has to pay the £20k to e'ee, and seek recovery of the £15k as a separate legal action.
Absolutely crazy, I know, but true.
I am not saying you would be wrong to dismiss this e'ee, but just look into it first.
Cheers
Karl
RogerS
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Thanks all for the good advice.
He was a casual employee paid weekly and was helping me renovate my cottage for a few months. It was always known from the outset that the work would have a finite duration and over the last month, I encouraged him to seek permanent work elsewhere even to the extent of offering to give him a lift to one place where he was keen to go and suggesting how he went about approaching them. But the finite duration has come to an end albeit a little sooner than perhaps he was expecting as the work that I can reasonably give him to do unsupervised will end next Wednesday.
I'll offer to have a beer with him on the last day (we've been down the pub on a few occasions at the end of the day) and ask him if he'd like any feedback.
He was a casual employee paid weekly and was helping me renovate my cottage for a few months. It was always known from the outset that the work would have a finite duration and over the last month, I encouraged him to seek permanent work elsewhere even to the extent of offering to give him a lift to one place where he was keen to go and suggesting how he went about approaching them. But the finite duration has come to an end albeit a little sooner than perhaps he was expecting as the work that I can reasonably give him to do unsupervised will end next Wednesday.
I'll offer to have a beer with him on the last day (we've been down the pub on a few occasions at the end of the day) and ask him if he'd like any feedback.
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Can't get any fairer than that Roger. :wink:
Now then about the vacancy......... :lol:
Now then about the vacancy......... :lol:
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