emploment law advice please

[lincs seagull]

I work in a medium sized department at work and an announcment has gone out that one of my team has been promoted to a mangars postion.

the thing is that it is a new postion and it was not advertised internally and no one knew in the team that there would be this postion.

as you can guess its not pleasant here oh and the announcment came out after our big chief went on holiday

legal standing for us snake bellies please

 

[Dandyman]

It's only going to be a legal issue if you can show some form of sex, race or disability discrimination i.e. the person appointed belongs to one group and the other potential candidates belong mainly to another. Other than that the only option is to see if what has happened is consistent with your organisations normal policies and procedures, if not the extreme situation could be constructive dismissal.

 

[Wardy]

They do not have to advertise a post if it is a promotion. Even if it is a new one. A lot of companies will do this just to see who is intrested and get a better level of candidate. However unless you can prove that this person as been shown some form of special treatment, (They are having an affair with the boss for example) then there is not a lot you can do.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

How things have changed.

When I first worked in local government, my contract of employment included a provision that we were all employed in accordance with conditions set out in the "Purple Book".

The Purple Book was negotiated nationally with the recognised trade unions and included all sorts of features, including a commitment to advertise all vacancies (or consult the trade union locally if an advertisement was inappropriate for any particular reason).

This meant, for example, that an instance like the one highlighted by lincs seagull could almost certainly have been challenged as breaching other peoples' contract of employment.

That sort of contract of employment has now disappeared from the public sector - along with the Purple Book changing colour (and now being no more than a waffly guide to good practice in the workplace).

But the folk memory lives on. Hence the hope/belief that there might be some legal redress available.

Sorry lincs, there ain't. Thank Thatcher, Major and Blair.

 

[lincs seagull]

thanks guys for the help looks like i will have to look for employment else where


there should be a law against arse kissing