9th December 2004, 06:42 PM
No you are right... a kangaroo court is not what is called for.
However evidence has been given - from a more trusted source and this has also been wiggled out of by said contractor.
What would be seen as Good evidence? A photograph with a newspaper date showing, with the name of the company clearly visible on a recognisable part of a site with a clear breach happening ....
Tricky... The promise is to change the procedure. I would hope that this happens soon - before credibility is stretched.
Perhaps a hotline where a breach could be reported... and a swift unannounced visit could be conducted to see it in person.
Hopefully these are isolated incidents and many are just misunderstandings.and honest mistakes... there is no reason to punish or parade the heads of management - but standards are required to be seen to be adhered to by those who write them, before those that are not in the IFA will come anywhere near.
Only the IFA are 'big' enough to act as 'our' representative - in
Pay (still poor pay levels out there)
Conditions (still people laid off and re-employed out there)
Futures (sickness, pensions, status of self-employed - paid as workers, treated as self employed)
Standards (creating standards is like herding eels as someone once said)
etc etc.
So ... where now
However evidence has been given - from a more trusted source and this has also been wiggled out of by said contractor.
What would be seen as Good evidence? A photograph with a newspaper date showing, with the name of the company clearly visible on a recognisable part of a site with a clear breach happening ....
Tricky... The promise is to change the procedure. I would hope that this happens soon - before credibility is stretched.
Perhaps a hotline where a breach could be reported... and a swift unannounced visit could be conducted to see it in person.
Hopefully these are isolated incidents and many are just misunderstandings.and honest mistakes... there is no reason to punish or parade the heads of management - but standards are required to be seen to be adhered to by those who write them, before those that are not in the IFA will come anywhere near.
Only the IFA are 'big' enough to act as 'our' representative - in
Pay (still poor pay levels out there)
Conditions (still people laid off and re-employed out there)
Futures (sickness, pensions, status of self-employed - paid as workers, treated as self employed)
Standards (creating standards is like herding eels as someone once said)
etc etc.
So ... where now