Employment Meetings and Why You Need Us There
Except in rare cases, we strongly advise that you have effective representation at any employment meeting that might involve a warning, performance allegations, a threat of dismissal, or other threat to your work or income.
We have many times seen that our involvement has prompted an immediate change in the employer's attitude to the employee. Not only do employers become more polite if we are there, they will treat you less harshly. Our presence can make the difference between a written warning and receiving no warning, or between being dismissed and keeping your job. If the situation warrants it, our presence can also facilitate an immediate exit negotiation. In one case, we were called to attend a disciplinary meeting at a well known telecommunications company. As a result of being advised that we were coming to the meeting, the employer realised that it had been caught out, and by the time we arrived, the meeting had been cancelled leaving our client happy and with no blemish on her employment record. If we hadn't come, that employee would have been bullied out of her job.
In another case, a client was facing dismissal from a large utility company as a result of fraud allegations. We were able to show the employer that the incident was the result of youthful error and not intentional. The client kept his job with a warning on his file for 3 months. Another example was a machine operator who had been called to a disciplinary meeting to discuss workplace fighting. Our employee client was totally fed up and had his resignation letter in his sleeve when we arrived. We persuaded him to let us do the talking and not to show the letter. We succeeded in getting him an exit package of around two months' wages. Had the client not instructed us, or had he produced the resignation letter at the beginning of the meeting, he would have received nothing.
We have many times been told by employers, and their representatives, that if they were ever to find themselves in a difficult situation as an employee that they would call on us. This is the ultimate compliment to our ability to get a good result.
When you consider the financial value of a job, and your future employability, the reasonable cost of having us there with you is a good investment. In most cases we are able to come to workplace meetings at short notice, either during or after work hours. If time is very short we can usually arrange to meet you privately at the workplace prior to the start of the employment meeting in order to go through your case. Please contact us if we can help
We have many times seen that our involvement has prompted an immediate change in the employer's attitude to the employee. Not only do employers become more polite if we are there, they will treat you less harshly. Our presence can make the difference between a written warning and receiving no warning, or between being dismissed and keeping your job. If the situation warrants it, our presence can also facilitate an immediate exit negotiation. In one case, we were called to attend a disciplinary meeting at a well known telecommunications company. As a result of being advised that we were coming to the meeting, the employer realised that it had been caught out, and by the time we arrived, the meeting had been cancelled leaving our client happy and with no blemish on her employment record. If we hadn't come, that employee would have been bullied out of her job.
In another case, a client was facing dismissal from a large utility company as a result of fraud allegations. We were able to show the employer that the incident was the result of youthful error and not intentional. The client kept his job with a warning on his file for 3 months. Another example was a machine operator who had been called to a disciplinary meeting to discuss workplace fighting. Our employee client was totally fed up and had his resignation letter in his sleeve when we arrived. We persuaded him to let us do the talking and not to show the letter. We succeeded in getting him an exit package of around two months' wages. Had the client not instructed us, or had he produced the resignation letter at the beginning of the meeting, he would have received nothing.
We have many times been told by employers, and their representatives, that if they were ever to find themselves in a difficult situation as an employee that they would call on us. This is the ultimate compliment to our ability to get a good result.
When you consider the financial value of a job, and your future employability, the reasonable cost of having us there with you is a good investment. In most cases we are able to come to workplace meetings at short notice, either during or after work hours. If time is very short we can usually arrange to meet you privately at the workplace prior to the start of the employment meeting in order to go through your case. Please contact us if we can help