Hi everyone, Thanks in advance for any advice any one ca offer. I have had some trouble with my previous employer whereby they ended up offering a settlement agreement rather than taking me down a disciplinary route. basically the crux of the agreement is that my employment ended at end of august with payout in september. i was told i was free to seek other employment whilst they sort out the legal paper work. i got my self a new job but aspects of it could have ended up in direct relation to the reason i was investigated in the previous role so i had to divulge information regarding that. my new employer repeatedly tried to contact my previous employer attempting to gather information about how things were resolved and to confirm my version of events. my new employer was promised a few times a day for 3 days to provide the information requested but never provided it. As a result, my new employer stated that as they coudnt confirm my version of events and the fact that my previous employer refused to answer their queries, tthey withdrew their offer of employment. My question is, where do i stand legally with this. I have been offered a settlement but have not yet signed any paperwork. they have refused to provide a satisfactory reference to my new employer (part of the agreement) and as a result i lost that job. i am now currently unemployed due to the fact i have lost that job and as part of the settlement my contract was to end at the end of august. I have still not received any pay out and my union rep has even asked for an extension to the termination date given the delays by my previous employers thus far. is there anything that i can do in terms of how i am being treated by my previous employer and the fact that they have cost me a perfectly good job?

Hi there, Just wondering if theres anything I can do about this (probably not but you dont get if you dont ask). Here is the scenario, Joined Orange this time last year and got iphone 3G for myself and my partner on 24 mth contract. Everything has been running fine up until last month (12 months in). Various problems in the browser (Safari) with a few other issues, also having problems with the signal. I did a bit of research around the issues I was experiencing and found out that the latest iphone software (version iOS 4.3) would rectify the issues I'm having. Attempted to complete this upgrade only for itunes to tell me that i was already up to date on ios 4.2.1. Thinking that this is strange, i dug a little deaper and found out that Apple have withdrawn IOS support from my model and that the last update available was ios 4.2.1. Somewhat discruntled by this I contacted orange who said that this particular issue is nothing to do with them and that I should approach Apple as they withdrew the support. I have spoken to representatives there and they state that it is up to my Provider to sort my issues out. Going back to them, they state that as the most recent update sorts my issues out it would ultimately be apple that has to deal with and so on and so forth......never ending circle. Obviously my problem is the fact that I can get no support for my phone at present. I've tried all the basic stuff but ultimately, the latest software will fix my phone (apparently). Where do I stand with this? Providers and manufacturers alike are just passing me from pillar to post blaming each other. When i initially took this phone out there were no reports of support being withdrawn in the future and now I am lumbered with two pretty much useless iphones for the next 12 months as no one (manufacturer or provider) wants to take responsibility. Is there anything I can do, anyone I can contact about this? I don't mind staying with Orange but I am some what annoyed that no one is taking responsibility for this as it clearly isnt my fault that a company has withdrawn support.

Hi there, Thanks in advance for any help. Im trying to find the mileage rates for attending a hearing at a County Court but cannot find them any where. Would anyone happen to know this?