From the Judges’ mouth…
By Philip - Friday, October 31st, 2008
I did not realise that the award we won last week was the inaugral award so our name on the cup first. It gets better.
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By Philip - Friday, October 31st, 2008
I did not realise that the award we won last week was the inaugral award so our name on the cup first. It gets better.
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By Philip - Friday, October 31st, 2008
Well it looks like the BBC have decided that Mr Ross is guilty of gross misconduct but that summary dismissal is too harsh and that 3 months unpaid suspension is an appropriate penalty. Unpaid suspension as a penalty is rarely used and certainly a 3 month unpaid suspension as a sanction I have not come across in 16 years. Mind you I don’t act for too many clients where they have workers on £6 million p/a. Personally the misconduct in question was about as gross as it can get, but that’s just my opinion.
The very long unpaid suspension does rather beg the question: What do you have to do to be dismissed summarily for Gross Misconduct at the BBC? Call up the Queen and leave an obscene message about her grandkids, maybe.
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By Philip - Thursday, October 30th, 2008
The Daily Mail is frothing at the mouth about Jonathon Ross being suspended on full pay, which in his case amounts to £16k per day.
The Daily Mail have picked the wrong point. Paid suspension is perfectly normal in cases of gross misconduct. Therefore Mr Ross is perfectly entitled to be paid during his suspension. No reason for the Mail to froth.
If the suspension lasts too long then the Mail may have a point. Given that the facts are not in dispute, there is no reason why this can’t be dealt with quickly. From Ross - admission, contrition and reparation - from the BBC -consideration as to whether summary dismissal is appropriate (or a lesser sanction.)
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By Liam - Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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By Philip - Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
If one of your employees left a message on a customer’s answerphone of a grossly offensive nature involving that customer’s grand daughter, would you:
a) Sack them for gross misconduct
b) Sack them for gross misconduct
Or
c) Sack them for gross misconduct.
Most citizens, as license payers, are customers of the BBC, including Andrew Sachs. So come on BBC, grow some, and do the right thing. It’s not that difficult.
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By Philip - Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
…. where there are clear, unambiguous words used. This case is a reminder that resignations will be treated as such as a general rule, that the general rule will apply to most cases, and that a failure to allow a resignation to be withdrawn will only amount to a dismissal in rare cases (ie heat of the moment resignations).
In the instant case the HR manager was alert enough to give the employee 30 minutes to consider their resignation (a cooling off period), following an incident. The Employee considered his position and still believed resignation was the correct decision.
A subsequent refusal to allow a retraction did not amount to a dismissal.
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By Emma - Monday, October 27th, 2008
Just to follow up on Phil’s blog from Friday…
The Law Society has published a press release detailing the winners and the reasons given by the judges for making their choices.
In relation to our award, the LCS Award for Excellence in Client Service, you will see that the judges thought that what set us apart was the extent to which we went “the extra mile” for our clients and we are described as “a superb example to any firm of how a genuinely proactive approach to client care reaps rewards”.
As a relatively new recruit to the firm and someone with more years of experience as a solicitor than I care to divulge I agree resoundingly with the judges’ opinion.
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By Philip - Friday, October 24th, 2008
After a lifetime of supporting Crystal Palace, 40 years of hurt and all that, I’m more than used to losing teams.
Well last night, in front of a star studded audience, the firm won the Law Society Award for Excellence in Client Care.
Linda and Emma who are at the sharp end of client care, answering phones and meeting and greeting clients in reception, went up and picked up the award from Kirsty Wark. Not an easy job as they were interviewed live on stage by Kirsty in front of 500 people and did the firm proud with their adroit answering of the questions.
A few thank yous are appropriate - firstly to all the clients who backed the firm from the start and supported the firm over the years.
Secondly to the team here who work their socks off day in and day out.
Thirdly to Titman Firth for their help-our website has helped our interactivity with clients and prospective clients and did impress the judges.
Fourthly to all those people who have been rock solid in their support through the not so good times, you know who you are.
Lastly the Law Society and the sponsors for putting on such a great evening.
If there is any award that a law firm wants to win it’s this one, so it’s an immensely proud moment.
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By Jenny - Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
It has been reported that the European Parliament has approved a deal which will mean that temps will have some of the rights that permanent employees enjoy. The deal will mean that agency workers across all 27 member states of the European Union will receive equal treatment in respect of pay, maternity leave and annual leave.
Generally the use of temporary staff provides more flexibility than having staff on permanent contracts. The changes will come into force in 2010 and must be implemented by individual states within 3 months.
Some people are saying that it’s bad timing because businesses are struggling as it is and this will mean an extra burden on them. Well I am going to be positive and say that we’ll be out of the recession by 2010 so it won’t be that much of an extra burden. Too optimistic?
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By Philip - Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
In this celebrity obsessed age we live, appearance does matter. Size zero for some absurd reason can lead to many zeroes in the bank balance. Research appears to show that better looking people earn more money than less good looking people for doing the same job, although how anyone can find size zero attractive is another question.
However if your lack of facial attraction is attributable to a disability then repeated job rejections may be grounds for a disability discrimination claim, which may be a crumb of comfort for this chap.
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