Does anyone know anything about work law?
I am a post doctoral research fellow at a university. All the work is short term contracts. In recent years the law changed so that if you had four years continual service then the uni had to give you a permanent contract. This entitled you to things like redundancy pay. I have been at the uni for ten years. However, I have been given a months break between my last two contracts which were both two years long. Thus, I have only ever been on temporary contracts and the uni is not obliged to pay redundany.
My two breaks were in 2002 and again in 2004. However, on both occasions I was expected to work and did so. In effect i worked for free for two months. On the first occasion in 2002, I had told my boss i was going to take two weeks off (as i had had no holiday in two years) and i think he held the contract back until I was back because he didn't want to pay me for no work.
Do I have a case to taKE TO TRIBUNAL? i KNOW OF THREE OTHER LONG STANDING RESEARCH FELLOWS WHO HAVE NOT HAD these breaks inserted. One is about to get twenty odd grand as he is made redundant.
My two breaks were in 2002 and again in 2004. However, on both occasions I was expected to work and did so. In effect i worked for free for two months. On the first occasion in 2002, I had told my boss i was going to take two weeks off (as i had had no holiday in two years) and i think he held the contract back until I was back because he didn't want to pay me for no work.
Do I have a case to taKE TO TRIBUNAL? i KNOW OF THREE OTHER LONG STANDING RESEARCH FELLOWS WHO HAVE NOT HAD these breaks inserted. One is about to get twenty odd grand as he is made redundant.
posted by Doktor Skum at 2:26 AM
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N.B. naturally enough, I stand to get fuck all redundancy.
N.B. It is the same boss who phoned me up at easter to call me a selfish bastard for taking a day off. After i have worked two mens jobs since october. That means i have been working a 60 hour week with no overtime just to get him out of the shite on a project that someone else walked out on.
I know sod all about employement law but I do know that solicitors are expensive. Therefore, if I were in your position I would start with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
This might help as a starter:
http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=68395
I can't say I know much about it. Sorry.
On the bright side, there's a chap over here thinks he's seen your big cat though...
When are you going to post something else?
Or come over to my MB?
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