Birmingham City Council - Imposed Contracts of Employment

Our Ref: AL/wb

June 2008

Dear Colleague,

Re: Birmingham City Council – Imposed Contracts of Employment

I am writing to you concerning Birmingham City Council’s action of imposing a new Contract of Employment through notice of dismissal and re-instatement.

Having recently received new advice from our Solicitors I can now advise you that there is a potential Employment Tribunal Claim of unfair dismissal and/or unlawful deductions.

If you have had a new Contract imposed upon you and you did not receive the pay increase that should have been implemented in December 2007 and you wish to have a claim pursued on your behalf you need to complete the enclosed Questionnaire and return this to this Regional Office as a matter of urgency, by no later than 12 noon on Monday, 23^rd June 2008. Correspondence received after the above deadline will result in a Tribunal Claim not being pursued on your behalf.

After receiving your completed Questionnaire, if the information provided lead us to conclude you are not covered by this Claim(s) we will, of course, write and advise you accordingly.

I appreciate that this is very short notice; however, the revised legal opinion on this issue has only just been received.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact your Local Representative in the first instance.

Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Ann Lafferty

ORGANISER

Birmingham City Council

Imposed Contracts of Employment

Questionnaire

FULL NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………………….

ADDRESS: …………………………………………………………………………………............

………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

CONTACT NO: ……………………… ……………………………………………………………

EMAIL ADDRESS: …………………………………………………………………………………

GMB MEMBERSHIP NUMBER (if known):

……………………………………………………..

DATE OF BIRTH: ……………………………………………………………………....................

NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR PLACE OF WORK:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

JOB TITLE: ……………………………………………………………………………………….

COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT DATE:

……………………………………………….

HOW MANY HOURS YOU WORK PER WEEK?

……………………………………………….

NORMAL TAKE HOME PAY ON OLD CONTACT (including overtime, bonuses etc)

* please delete as appropriate

……………………….………………………………… per *week / month

NORMAL TAKE HOME PAY ON NEW CONTACT (including overtime, bonuses etc)

* please delete as appropriate

……………………….………………………………… per *week / month

DID YOU SIGN TO ACCEPT THE NEW CONTRACT? YES□ NO□

DETAILS OF ANY CHANGES YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE THE NEW CONTRACT HAS BEEN IN PLACE:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

DID THE AUTHORITY WRITE TO YOU STATING THAT THEY WERE IMPOSING THE NEW CONTACT?

YES □ NO □

DID YOU SUBMIT A LETTER OBJECTING TO THE CHANGE OF CONTRACT?

YES □ NO □

HAVE YOU SUBMITTED AN APPEAL IN RELATION TO YOUR NEWLY ALLOCATED PAY BAND?

YES □ NO □

SINCE YOUR NEWLY ALLOCATED PAY BAND HAVE YOU HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PROTECTION?

YES □ NO □

DID YOU RECEIVE THE PAY RISE DUE IN DECEMBER 2007?

YES □ NO □

The above information is provided to the best of my knowledge is true and accurate and I provide this information because I wish EAD to submit an unfair dismissal and/or unlawful deduction Employment Tribunal Claim on my behalf.

Signed: ………………………………………………………………………………………

Date: …………………………………………………………………………………………