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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

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Hi Azer,

 

Am very sorry about the situation you are going through. At the end of the day, the question you need to answer is how do you expect this story to end - there are 2 possible endings - one end would be to go to a tribunal and irrespective of the tribunal's outtcome( and an uphill one at that) you continue to work, after which your employer will definitely have a black mark against you which may or may not create issues in the future - the other option is to actively seek employement outside and prove to your current employer your worth when you get another offer - that is possibly the best negotiation option you would get - if your MD values your services he will retain you else you have another job in hand anyways. Whether the MD follows discriminatory practices , he/she would have to put all that aside when trying to retain an employee who will leave if not treated equally - since at the end of the day its his business..if other employees are not as competitive and agressive the final loss is the MDs. Hope this helps.

 

There rarely exists a perfect company where a person can effect perfect employement.

 

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Azer

 

I apologise if I have been personal and antagonistic - like you I am relatively new to this forum and still establishing what I can and can't say;). I am not a Troll - I'm too Ugly - I am just trying to understand.

 

I understand you are being underpaid in comparison to colleagues and you need to establish a plan of action to deal with it. This is unfair and has to rectified.

 

Your thread title has the word "discriminated" in it. You have said there has been no obvious discrimination against you. You have though made quite big allegations against the company you work for. On the one hand you say you are their star employee, on the other you have shown that you can just as easily sit back.

 

I don't think these are gounds for a tribunal and like a previous poster has also said, if there is not a structured agreed pay system in place then you have to just take it on the chin as it does sound a bit like sour grapes.

 

Hi Kurvaface and Azer,

 

The Race Relations Act of 1976 and all other ammendments does not take into account whether discrimination happenned knowingly or unknowingly on the part of the employer - i,e; it is an offence in itself that discrimination did happen.

 

Regarding the situations Azer has brought to light, if the employer is in fact not very straight forward, raising a grievance might be of no help - At the end of the day tribunal action will not provide patch up hurt feelings.

 

Cheers,

G.

 

Cheers,

G.

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