.... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can someone
explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?

"Badabing" wrote in message
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... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can someone
explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?

It's unfair to passengers, on the grounds that he won't be around for us to
kick his miserable, thieving, lead-swinging, lying arse!

Ian

Badabing wrote:
... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can
someone explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?

The full story is at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...212011,00.html but the gist
of it is that LUL failed to follow the correct procedure for his dismissal.

More specifically they added (ISTR) the charge of "dishonesty" to the list
of reasons between quoted at the appeal when it wasn't quoted in the
original disciplinary hearing. This discrepancy made the case invalid.

The tribunal decided the driver was "75% to blame for his dismissal".

Seems to me that he got off on a technicality

"Badabing" wrote in message
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... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can someone
explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?


Briefly read a story along the lines of he proved (to the satisfaction of
the tribunal) that his physical therapist had drawn up a plan for his
recovery which included playing squash to strengthen his (foot?).

LUL had not taken this evidence into account when they dismissed him, and
had unfairly concluded that he had been throwing a sickie on the basis that
their investigator 'caught' him outside a leisure centre.

In addition to this, the RMT claim that someone in LUL then leaked his
medical records to the press when the strike was threatened, which is a
breach of confidentiality.

Just reporting what I read.......

Colin

"Colin" wrote in message
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"Badabing" wrote in message
...
... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can
someone
explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?


Briefly read a story along the lines of he proved (to the satisfaction of
the tribunal) that his physical therapist had drawn up a plan for his
recovery which included playing squash to strengthen his (foot?).

LUL had not taken this evidence into account when they dismissed him, and
had unfairly concluded that he had been throwing a sickie on the basis
that
their investigator 'caught' him outside a leisure centre.

In addition to this, the RMT claim that someone in LUL then leaked his
medical records to the press when the strike was threatened, which is a
breach of confidentiality.

Just reporting what I read.......


If you go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 , to the 'Listen Again' section, you can
hear him speaking to Jeremy Vine on today's programme. This should be
available to listen to (and laugh at!) until Wednesday lunchtime. He got
quite a pasting from callers!

"Jack Taylor" wrote in
:


"Colin" wrote in message
...

"Badabing" wrote in message
...
... the one who was caught playing squash while on sick leave. Can
someone
explain the grounds on which his dismissal was deemed unfair?


Briefly read a story along the lines of he proved (to the
satisfaction of the tribunal) that his physical therapist had drawn
up a plan for his recovery which included playing squash to
strengthen his (foot?).

LUL had not taken this evidence into account when they dismissed him,
and had unfairly concluded that he had been throwing a sickie on the
basis
that
their investigator 'caught' him outside a leisure centre.

In addition to this, the RMT claim that someone in LUL then leaked
his medical records to the press when the strike was threatened,
which is a breach of confidentiality.

Just reporting what I read.......


If you go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 , to the 'Listen Again' section, you
can hear him speaking to Jeremy Vine on today's programme. This should
be available to listen to (and laugh at!) until Wednesday lunchtime.
He got quite a pasting from callers!




From what I understand of the nonsense that came out of his mouth is
that he was running and playing squash because he thought it would be a
good way to test his ankle. Shouldn't his rehab have been overseen more
properly by his doctor? And he didn't have any contact with Occupational
Health? That I find very hard to belief!

ISTR that he didn't want to work for LU anymore and had found a job with
the local council and now he wants to go back to LU? He doesn't seem to
know what he wants!

w

woutster wrote:

If you go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 , to the 'Listen Again' section,
you can hear him speaking to Jeremy Vine on today's programme. This
should be available to listen to (and laugh at!) until Wednesday
lunchtime. He got quite a pasting from callers!

From what I understand of the nonsense that came out of his mouth is
that he was running and playing squash because he thought it would be
a good way to test his ankle. Shouldn't his rehab have been overseen
more properly by his doctor? And he didn't have any contact with
Occupational Health? That I find very hard to belief!

In the Guardian report cited earlier he claimed that the prescribed physio
was "monotonous and boring" so he played squash instead as a way of building
up his ankle



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file off, please treat the above as merely drunken ranting and treat it
with the contempt it probably deserves.

I apologise in advance for any offence caused :-)

woutster wrote in message 8.218...
ISTR that he didn't want to work for LU anymore and had found a job with
the local council and now he wants to go back to LU? He doesn't seem to
know what he wants!

The fact that a local council is prepared to employ lying workshy *******
like him says a lot about local government and its generally appalling record
in most things.

B2003

"Stimpy" wrote in message
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In the Guardian report cited earlier he claimed that the
prescribed physio was "monotonous and boring"
so he played squash instead as a way of building
up his ankle

How can a Tube driver dislike something that's monotonous and boring?

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

Jack Taylor wrote:
If you go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 , to the 'Listen Again' section,
you can hear him speaking to Jeremy Vine on today's programme. This
should be available to listen to (and laugh at!) until Wednesday
lunchtime. He got quite a pasting from callers!

Interesting that none of them took into account the question of safety if he
were to return to work in an unfit state.

As is usual, this seems like a case of 6 of one and half a dozen of the
other. If he has had a lot of time off sick why wasn't he moved into a more
suitable job?

I'm sure the LU apologists will try and blame "the unions". However
management are paid to manage and have presviously moved unfit people from
one job to another.