employment law q?

[Malicious Afterthought]

Just ignore it and move on fighting it could end doing more harm than good, also would you take the job if it was offered now knowing that your not wanted.

Just think about the reprecusions, often it's best just to move on and apply elsewhere.

He might well have had an even better candidate (don't shoot me, I don't know the full picture) and thus needed to give a reason why your friend didn't get the job so went with personal reasons in a moment of stupidity.

Utter piffle and tosh.

 

[Malicious Afterthought]

weird one, i can see both sides, sort of, if the girlfriend needs time off for example and the boyfriend has to look after her then the employer has lost 2 people from his workforce, having said that, i don't think it is legal as such to refuse a person on that basis. but the employer could simply justify employing someone else for whatever reason and simply not have the above issue.

hard one.
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No, cut and dried discrimination by association.

 

[Russell]

...call a lawyer etc etc

I could be wrong but it's my understanding that unless he lives with his GF, then he actually has no legal right to time off to look after her anyway. She's just a GF, not a wife or family member and as such has no 'status' under law that would guarantee him time off.

Perhaps he's had a lot of time off in the past to look after her and if the above is true, then this time off would have been nothing more than goodwill from the employer. Rattle the employers cage and you risk losing this goodwill aswell as the new job.

Maybe the facts should be established before the discrimination cry goes out and the stone throwing begins.

The problem with throwing stones is that they tend to be thrown back, normally wth more force.

 

[jamabikes]

they do live together.

when he has time off to take her home/nurse her he has made up the time or used his breaks to do so.

 

[Russell]

they do live together.

when he has time off to take her home/nurse her he has made up the time or used his breaks to do so.

Good.

Facts established.

NOW you can start throwing stones.

 

[jamabikes]

maybe i am too close to be rational about it but i just hate to see young'uns taken advantage of, especially those with issues (there are a few more obstacles this couple face in life that i wont go into here) they have no control over. just seems that all employers want the cheapest rather than best.

 

[Russell]

maybe i am too close to be rational about it but i just hate to see young'uns taken advantage of, especially those with issues (there are a few more obstacles this couple face in life that i wont go into here) they have no control over. just seems that all employers want the cheapest rather than best.

I totally agree. I'm extremely militant when it comes to workers rights but it is so important that the facts about peoples situations are established before any action is taken.

So many people 'think' that they have a right to something and take action only to find that the law does not protect them at all and they end up in a worse situation.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Give that place a ring before the government abolishes it. They are very up on these things. He'll have to do it though and give all the facts.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

 

[Malicious Afterthought]

...call a lawyer etc etc

I could be wrong but it's my understanding that unless he lives with his GF, then he actually has no legal right to time off to look after her anyway. She's just a GF, not a wife or family member and as such has no 'status' under law that would guarantee him time off.

Perhaps he's had a lot of time off in the past to look after her and if the above is true, then this time off would have been nothing more than goodwill from the employer. Rattle the employers cage and you risk losing this goodwill aswell as the new job.

Maybe the facts should be established before the discrimination cry goes out and the stone throwing begins.

The problem with throwing stones is that they tend to be thrown back, normally wth more force.

Hence 'sticking in a grievance' and making a protected disclosure, as that'll cover any victimisation that might follow.

 

[Russell]

...call a lawyer etc etc

I could be wrong but it's my understanding that unless he lives with his GF, then he actually has no legal right to time off to look after her anyway. She's just a GF, not a wife or family member and as such has no 'status' under law that would guarantee him time off.

Perhaps he's had a lot of time off in the past to look after her and if the above is true, then this time off would have been nothing more than goodwill from the employer. Rattle the employers cage and you risk losing this goodwill aswell as the new job.

Maybe the facts should be established before the discrimination cry goes out and the stone throwing begins.

The problem with throwing stones is that they tend to be thrown back, normally wth more force.

Hence 'sticking in a grievance' and making a protected disclosure, as that'll cover any victimisation that might follow.

If only it were that simple.