January 27, 2010
Pity poor Gordon Turner, co-founder of of Partners Employment Lawyers and founder of the Serial Litigants website.
His site offers employers facing tribunal claims a background search on claimants at a cost of £99. Turner has compiled a list of 30 so-called 'serial claimants', with one man alone believed to have been involved in 150 allegations of discrimination.
A handy service, Guru reckons. But Turner is now getting bashed by a number of MPs, who claim it could be used to unfairly reject job applicants who have been involved in genuine tribunal cases.
The 'honourable' members have tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament - signed by almost 50 MPs - which states:
His site offers employers facing tribunal claims a background search on claimants at a cost of £99. Turner has compiled a list of 30 so-called 'serial claimants', with one man alone believed to have been involved in 150 allegations of discrimination.
A handy service, Guru reckons. But Turner is now getting bashed by a number of MPs, who claim it could be used to unfairly reject job applicants who have been involved in genuine tribunal cases.
The 'honourable' members have tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament - signed by almost 50 MPs - which states:
"This House... condemns the launch of a website... which allows employers to find out if a person has taken an employer to tribunal in the past [and] believes that such a website could be used to screen unfairly applicants who have legitimately taken their employer to tribunal in the past, which runs contrary to the government's progress on dealing with the victimisation of trade union members."Oh pipe down, you bunch of sanctimonious buffoons. Gordon is just trying to do us employers a favour (while of course making a few quid on the side) - and he gets "condemned" for his actions. Haven't they got more important things to worry about? Like getting re-elected, for example.
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