Threatening to Take my employer to ACAS for discrimanation - any advice?

Is it the race card you intend to play?

im looking for genuine advice not someone to point the finger, im 100% positive i have good grounds for my complaints

is it becoz you is black?

yes they will just sack you now,playing that old chesnut imo

I presume they wanted you out for not understanding the basics of full stops and capital letters.

Youre not doing too badly if youve been off since September with hurt feelings, go for it I say.
You only get one chance before they suss you out.

plenty of overseas workers nowdays, anyone rocking ship are out the door

very helpful guys and you just assuming i am playing the race card, i didnt say that

hmmmmmmm..........

tough one

if you have been of for 4 months they would have filled your postion already

talk to the HR manager, she will know the drill, and give you a platform to address your concerns. Can be a slippery slope but I wish you the best of luck

Pull yourself together man. Or leave the country.

I presume you are not in a union?

i worked for same employer for 8 years and recently experienced some anti- discriminatory behaviour

I'm pretty sure ACAS won't be interested if you've experienced anti-discriminatory behaviour. :)

If you contact ACAS they will advise you, but they arent lawyers and they can and do give poor advice.
If you go straight to an industrial tribunal, ACAS sometimes step in and try to sort it out between you and your employer before the case is heard.

I'd recommend asking people like ACAS (I think they can advise if you have a good case) and a TU rep, rather than people on here.

Apart from the fact that I hope you weren't employed in a secretarial position what exactly is anti-discrimination.
Is this the opposite of discrimination? If so what are you complaining about?

this sceptred isle!!

Buck up man

thanks ten2flower, i knew before i asked but you always hope one person might be helpful

Dr Crippen

they can and do give poor advice. re-ACAS

Who the fook are you, you sanctimomious tw@t???? World expert on everything including how good ACAS' advice is.

Give us an example to back up your authority on the subject.

steo87 04 Jan 19:01


thanks ten2flower, i knew before i asked but you always hope one person might be helpful




:0 Then why bother asking?

Can you expand on the nature of the 'discrimination' ?

steo87

Give us some more details on the discrimination you suffered and someone may be able to offer advice. Unfortunetly you'l get some on here just assuming your claiming falsely unless you give the grounds for your compliant.

fair point, i did mention i have fair grounds but i dont think anyone on here is sympathetic so im not going to disguss it anymore

yes enough of your whinging

i agree with madsimon

"disguss" ? FFS what job did you do?

Is that a job? Whats the pay like?

payes well - but sole destroying imo

too many playing this card, no wonder the countrys in a state

im sure most of you idiots are white straight christian men

Many years ago I got myself signed off for depression. I was swinging it because I hated the job. They sacked me after a month. I thought I'd done well.

Toughen up, get back to work and be glad you've got a job. The world isn't fair and never will be.
Compo culture isn't the answer.

I've been covering for work colleagues who are depressed, stressed, dropping yet another kid, constantly ill or just plain work shy for about 10 years now so you're not going to get any sympathy from me either.

If you can't hack it, stop crying about it and bloody leave. It's not as if you've been defusing IED's in Afghanistan ffs.

please dont EVER accuse me of being ''christian'' - that's DEEPLY offensive to Ifor!

CJ

Post of the decade imo. (only 4 days in,admittedly)

he is being discriminatory to you ivor

I'm hurt by that too. I think I'll sue betfair for the distress that has caused me

I'll SUE

This sounds like a job in the public sector. Which other employer would stand for 5 months on the sick with depression?

Kevbetting superstar 04 Jan 19:02

Dr Crippen

Who the fook are you, you sanctimomious tw@t????

Well that's at least one goal I've scored tonight.

steo87 04 Jan 19:16
im sure most of you idiots are white straight christian men

Oh Oh, you're not THE one legged Lithuanian lesbian who outstayed her/his student visa, are you?...........Here's some good advice FOYDBC

Look into raising a grievance.
Depending on your company's procedure you can take it all the way to the top if your not satisfied with the answer.
You are entitled to have a rep with you.
I find Acas are good.
When we had a prob at work an Acas man came in
and told us to raise the issue at the staff council meeting.If no joy there raise a grievance.

Potentially epic fishing thread on the cards here.

Steo87.
I hope you don't mind me saying so.

But I think it would be a good idea for you, if you decline to comment on this thread from now on. The responses aren't exactly constructive.

Crippen - evidence your accusation.

steo87 04 Jan 19:16
im sure most of you idiots are white straight christian men.

If this guy thinks being White or straight or CHristian is an accusation, then he has more problems than can be discussed on here.

Employing people these days is a nitemare

having read this thread, I've decided to sell my BP shares

They are obviously employing complete monkeys

I hope your job was as a tea boy, as your command of English is appalling. You have been swinging the lead for months now. Get a fecking grip! I hope that ACAS chase you for being a loser/moaner/chancer and that you find alternative employment more suited to you.

Steo in your original post you talk of " some discrimination" which within a sentence becomes "harrassment". Would you care to explain further

i worked for same employer for 8 years and recently experienced some anti- discriminatory behaviour and some of it came from the HR manager, I have been signed off with depression since september and dont think i can go back to the harrassment i experienced. the company i work for is a major oil company in the city and now Ive wrote to them to tell them im enlisting the assistance of ACAS to lodge a complaint, Im hoping the settle before any form of arbitration, has anyone any experience or advice on this subject. thanks in advance?

"anti-discriminatory behaviour" "Im hoping the (sic.) settle before any form of arbitration" What a horrible character you truly are! If you think you will take on and beat a major oil company and make accusations against the HR manager among others, you are backing a 999/1 shot! If you really had ACAS on your side why are you having to beg for advice on here? Oh, and the word discrimination is not spelt "discrimanation" you muppet!

I posted something similar yesterday on a thread about someone sacked, but if you are to do anythng you need to be very mindful of time-limits. With a discrimination claim to the Employmnet Tribunal it must be lodged within 3 months of the act of discrimination, or within 3 months of the last act if there has been a series of acts. ET does have power to extend time-limits but this is discretionary.

If things happened in September you need to act now quite urgently, as you may be at risk of being out-of-time - get some advice from CAB/local Law Centre/local employment solicitors, and I'd advise you to raise a formal grievance in any event (if you have yet to do so).

dont lets give any advice to this low life scrounging**my t w a t

compo culture.

You're not wrong bix, the dope thinks he is contacting the A1 Compensation Actuary Service