EDM 542 VICTIMISATION IN THE WORKPLACE

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Early Day Motion


EDM 542

VICTIMISATION IN THE WORKPLACE
06.01.2010


Anderson, David

That this House recognises that people who are victimised in the workplace or treated unfairly in the recruitment process need to be able to challenge employers and seek redress; understands that a very small number of serial litigants are abusing this right for financial gain and condemns their actions; does not accept that these individuals are a big problem, and does not believe that measures designed to expose them should jeopardise the employment prospects of the vast majority of genuine victims; further condemns the launch of a website by Gordon Turner of Partners Employment Lawyers and Damian McCarthy from Cloisters Chambers which allows employers to find out if a person has taken an employer to tribunal in the past; 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; is concerned that such a website would be in breach of data protection laws; and calls on the Information Commissioner's Office to investigate whether the website is compliant with the Data Protection Act.

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Abbott, Diane
Atkins, Charlotte
Borrow, David S
Brown, Russell
Burgon, Colin
Campbell, Ronnie
Clark, Katy
Cohen, Harry
Cook, Frank
Corbyn, Jeremy
Cryer, Ann
Davies, Dai
Dean, Janet
Dismore, Andrew
Drew, David
Durkan, Mark
Fisher, Mark
Francis, Hywel
Hall, Patrick
Hancock, Mike
Hopkins, Kelvin
Hoyle, Lindsay
Jackson, Glenda
Jenkins, Brian
Jones, Lynne
Mallaber, Judy
McCartney, Ian
McDonnell, John
Meale, Alan
Moffat, Anne
Osborne, Sandra
Pope, Greg
Simpson, Alan
Tipping, Paddy
Truswell, Paul
Wareing, Robert N

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[La Poste]

That's a great article.
It's unfortunate that the web is being used like this but it comes as no surprise.
It reminds me of this story.

"Firms including Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke paid annual fee of £3,000 to obtain sensitive information on workers.
Over 40 construction firms have been accused of flouting the law by paying for personal information on blacklisted construction workers.
Construction firms would use the list to vet potential new empoloyees. The data included information on personal relationships, trade union activity and employment history.
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3135621"

Even belonging to a trade union or being a health and safety rep can be used against you in future job applications.

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Blacklist all they want ,the more they do it the quicker they drown Or suffocate: or bleed

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That's a great article.
It's unfortunate that the web is being used like this but it comes as no surprise.
It reminds me of this story.

"Firms including Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke paid annual fee of £3,000 to obtain sensitive information on workers.
Over 40 construction firms have been accused of flouting the law by paying for personal information on blacklisted construction workers.
Construction firms would use the list to vet potential new empoloyees. The data included information on personal relationships, trade union activity and employment history.
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3135621"

Even belonging to a trade union or being a health and safety rep can be used against you in future job applications.

I think that story was the catalyst for this EDM.

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