My brother has lost his job. He was a hospital porter for 31 years. This is all fine, but as my dad and I were discussing all this with him, some things started to alarm us a little.
Firstly, he says he was made redundant, thats what he was told, but he was told it was due to gross misconduct due to his high level of absence. His absence is due to a long term illness which he gets treatment for, but can be very bad at times.
He was told the final straw was he didnt attend a meeting about his attendance even though they arranged the meeting at exactly the same time as they knew he was due to be undergoing treatment with his specialist. He was told in bold terms that he was let go because of his illness. That seemed a but odd as his illness is in no way anything new.
The second thing which alarmed us was that he was told he was getting this redundancy money. Well, having gone through it with him, it seems this redundancy money is infact his pension pot of the last 31 years, but they have told him that this is his redundancy package.
He seems extremely confused about what he has been told but unfortunatly, he is quite naive and believed what was told to him. UNITE who he has been a member of all his working life, washed their hands of him and declared they werent interested ( no suprises there ).
So, we are looking at it all wondering if he has been sold down the river and somewhat taken advantage of? It has something of an iffy feel about it.
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