Compensation culture: Who’s to blame?
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Bosses beware, the next time you forget to provide an employee with a reference it could land you with a lawsuit. In the last financial year the number of disgruntled workers who resorted to legal actions jumped 32%. Employees started more than 164,000 actions in the year to 31 March, compared to 124,000 in the previous year. In one example a woman picked up £195,000 after her employer “wrecked her job prospects” by refusing to supply a reference. The startling leap in litigation has prompted a stiff response from the Confederation of British Industry. It says more should be done to discourage claims which have little chance of success but cost companies a fortune in legal fees. More : news.bbc.co.uk |