A Lovely Day Out

Word reaches me of an employment tribunal that started recently.

The respondent (that's the employer) decided to call over 10 witnesses which meant that they all had to turn up for the start. This included some VERY senior managers, one of whom earns over £140k.

After about an hour some of these witnesses apparently left as they weren't needed that day.

This still left two really rather senior managers, two human resources officers and a human resources manager who stayed for the whole day. A rough guess of the cost of this is probably between £1k and £1.5k. Just for this one day. They didn't do or say anything, they just sat and listened.

This does not include the barrister's fee or the assistant he had with him. Rough guess at the cost of this would be between £2k and £3k although at least they presumably did something.

There are apparently quite a few days of this tribunal left. Rumours of a visit by the Queen and the Battle of Britain flypast are so far unsubstantiated.

Who would this employer be you might be wondering, who indulges in such largesse?

I'll give you a clue. If you're reading this there's a pretty good chance you're helping to pay for this lovely day out.

Update 26/11 As you probably guessed this was my own tribunal. It went on for 9 days and there was at least 5 NCC staff there each day, usually including at least one Director.

Oh yeah, I won...

Carl Froch on NCC Payroll (no really)

Carl Froch is to be paid £32,000 by NCC and others for a "programme of commercial and community activities".

The 'others' are the 'Crime and Drugs Partnership' and 'One Nottingham' who of course have nothing to do with NCC at all. NCC's share is £16,000 split between 'Communication and Marketing' and 'Community Protection' directorates.

The decision was made by Graham Chapman as the 'Resources' portfolio holder. For our £32k we get 32 hours of Mr Froch's time. You can put your calculators away, I've already worked that out to be £1000 an hour.

Apparently CF will also wear a 'Proud of Nottingham' dressing gown before his fights. So its not just library workers forced to wear new uniforms. They really must, MUST get JoCo to pose in a replica.

Um, is this really morally sound when there are proposals to make hundreds of workers redundant? 32 hours of Carl Froch or a year's worth of social Worker? You decide...

Update; Monday's Evening Post catches up with NCCLols.