Failed
to lock up warehouse & turn out lights - the factory
workers had told Ray that a mountain of pallets were
blocking the light switches & that they had locked up
themselves - Billy Taylor told Ray during the disciplinary
that he should have climbed over the mountain of pallets -
have we mentioned that Billy Taylor was Ray's Health &
Safety Officer??
Wrote
on the Master Rota - Billy Taylor had put the incorrect
amount of hours worked in Ray's total - so Ray amended it
Complained
about the rota - Ray complained because he was being
given illegal shifts, is this a disciplinary offence - it is
when Billy does the rotas and you complain
Failed
to fill up a pool car - It was not Ray's job to fill up
the pool cars, that job belonged to Billy Taylor & Ray
had filled the car up, he made an admin mistake in the book
- ¼ full instead of ¾ full - Billy Taylor didn't even know
how much fuel the car held - ridiculous
Too
many hours worked - this is the accusation that was
omitted but Steph still put down a reply from Ray -
amazing..
Allowed
a car on site - now even the supervisor had done this,
it was impossible to stop some cars because they couldn't
leave the lodge to chase after them - this is appalling..
Allowed
a motor bike on site - this is a lie, no motor bike was
on site. He must have needed a number 10 to round things
off..
Weekend
workforce register - ray was accused of not filling
these sheets in, accusing him of not knowing how to do it -
Ray had always filled those registers in but now it was the
managers responsibility, not Ray's. 2 managers forgot to
hand theirs in, so Ray filled out spare ones & commented
in the book that the 2 managers hadn't handed theirs in -
Billy Taylor didn't even bother to check to see if Ray had
filled them in so, Ray got disciplined for doing 2 managers
jobs - very sad.
Went
to the toilet during an 8 hour shift - can someone
really get a final warning for this - this is pathetic
&
finally, failed to fill the fire alarm with paper - this
was not Ray's responsibility & the paper ran out before
Ray came on shift - Billy Taylor was in charge of office
administration so it was his job - he just can't do anything
wrong can he..
So, we ask
the question, if this isn't a bullying campaign, what is? We haven't
finished yet.. Billy Taylor was caught on tape, manhandling &
threatening Ray with physical violence in front of 2 witnesses - any
other worker would be instantly dismissed, but not Billy Taylor aka
Teflon Man
Billy
Taylor has also been found guilty of the following:
» Allowed
Frank Powell, another guard, to threaten Ray's brother,
also another guard with physical violence
» Forced
Ray's brother to bring his 15 year old son in to cover part of his
night shift because the supervisor refused to come in, which
incidentally is why he gets paid more than the guards
» Snatched
all of the overtime pay because he had credit cards to pay off -
he messed the guards shifts up so no one else could put in for it,
what a selfish thing to do
» He
allowed pornographic material to be distributed from the lodge -
against company regulations
» He
allowed the Factories Pool Car to be driven without an MOT
» He
kept out of date duty sheets which referred to people authorized
to hand out health & safety passes to workers
Now we
come to the disciplinary in which we introduce you to..
Steph
Cusak: HR
Officer for MFI Runcorn
Steph
Cusak is guilty of the following crimes against Ray Jones:
» She
removed his entitlement to overtime pay from his contract without
notice
» She
failed to keep detailed records of meetings with Ray
» She
supported Billy Taylor's unfair disciplinary against Ray by
allowing the following:
» She
failed to carry out an independent investigation to
substantiate Billy Taylor's accusations
» She
arranged the disciplinary to happen after Ray had just
completed the night shift because he would be tired
» Ray
was not told what he was being disciplined for
» No
dates were given for the accusations made against Ray
» Billy
Taylor continually interrupted Ray's explanations for
each accusation
» No
evidence was produced to support Billy Taylor's
accusation
» Ray
was given a final warning for his first 'offence'
» He
was not told what improvements were expected of him
» He
was not told how long he had to appeal
» He
was not given a letter confirming the 'final warning'
» He
was not told how long the 'final warning' would stay on his
record
» Ray
was told there were 10 accusations against him but only 9
were brought up at the disciplinary, however, in Steph's
notes, she wrote down 10 replies from Ray instead of 9
» Billy
Taylor & Steph Cusak removed the handover
book that could vindicate Ray & refused to give it to
him, they also refused to photocopy it because they knew it
would prove Billy is a Bully
» Steph
Cusak only gave Ray 48hrs to appeal - his contract
states 7 days
If this
wasn't bad enough, Steph decided that Ray should be disciplined
again - this time for tape recording Billy Taylor bullying him - Steph
decided in her wisdom that Ray should be dragged into the office &
disciplined whilst he was signed off work by his doctor - his illness at
this point is recorded as 'Stress & Depression caused by workplace
bullying'. Ray was unable to drive because his doctor had prescribed
serious medication to prevent him from committing suicide, so he missed
the second disciplinary. It should be noted that the disciplinary letter
was hand delivered to the wrong address by the company's gardener
Steph was aware of Ray's situation but this didn't bother her -
she now decided that 2 weeks off sick was too much - even though Ray's
contract stated he was allowed to be off under those circumstances - so,
she trotted off to Alan Mercer who sacked Ray for being absent.
Not because of his 'poor work performance' not because he 'taped his
bullying supervisor' not for gross misconduct - Ray was dismissed
because he was a temporary worker with no rights & Steph
& Billy were up to their necks in it.. Again, they sent their
Gardener out to hand deliver the letter - 2 letters went to 2 wrong
addresses, Ray found out that he had been sacked when a woman knocked on
his door saying a man had just put this letter through her letter box,
she had opened it & was very sorry but he had been sacked - so much
for confidentiality!!
Before we move on to the next bully, Steph committed another
crime against Ray - She said that Ray had a 'poor work record' so we
asked Steph to send us Ray's work records including all
complaints that had been made about him - to make sure she couldn't get
out of this one, we asked her to state if no complaints had been made..
Naughty Steph - she used this as her opportunity to send Ray her 'notes'
(more like 3 year old scribble) from the disciplinary, the final warning
letter & nothing else - she didn't send copies of his contracts or
any of his work records, she also failed to mention if no complaints had
been made - this is against the law Ms Cusak, have you never
heard of Data Protection, temps do have rights.
Your purpose as HR Officer is not to protect the workers, we know that -
your job is to keep the company out of court - you failed miserably
& you should be sacked - clueless!!
We now
come to the crimes committed by the General Manager..
Jim
Turner: General
Manager, MFI Runcorn
Jim
Turner had a Duty of Care to Ray which meant he had the
overall responsibility to Ray's Health & Safety whilst he was in
work.
Ray sent Jim Turner a letter, begging him for help because he was
being bullied and he feared for his job because of his paranoid,
incompetent supervisor, Billy Taylor but Jim Turner
ignored Ray & Billy Taylor continued to bully Ray.
Jim Turner refused to see Ray after he had been manhandled &
threatened with assault - he told Ray's legal advisor that he had
received Ray's letter & he was carrying out his own investigation.
Jim Turner did not inform Ray of his findings, instead, Ray was
dismissed from MFI Ltd by the Factory Manager, Alan Mercer whilst
he was signed off work by his doctor.
Jim Turner later denied receiving Ray's letter when questioned by
higher management - well Mr Turner, we don't like liars,
especially ones like you who have a Duty of Care to your employees.
If Ray had succeeded in killing himself, Jim Turner would have
been charged with corporate manslaughter, a crime that carries a prison
sentence - We ask the question; Is there a difference between ignorance
& incompetence? In Jim Turner's case, no there isn't - the 2
go hand in hand.
Jim Turner supports workplace bullying & the workplace bully
- we'll be keeping an eye on you from now on because it's quite obvious
that you haven't got a clue about protecting your workers from harm..
tut tut
Because Jim
Turner ignored Ray, he had no other choice than to tape record the
bullying - he thought no one believed him, so Ray got himself wired up
with a Dictaphone & boom mike & he taped Billy Taylor
bullying him
This would now be used against Ray - he was not allowed to tape record
his supervisor & this was a disciplinary offence - the disciplinary
was to be carried out by Steph & Billy - again! Where
was Jim Turner when all of this was happening? Hiding under his
desk with the T&G Union??
Richard
Armstrong:
HR Manager, MFI Ltd
Richard
Armstrong was put in charge of investigating Rays complaint
about Billy Taylor, his unfair dismissal & his untruthful,
bias work records.
Unfortunately, he turned out to be just as incompetent, or should we say
as stupid as the rest of them - his officer, Steph Cusak fed him
a load of bull because she had to cover her incompetent backside. So,
there is poor Richard quoting things to Ray as fact, only for
evidence to be produced which proved he was 'misinformed'.
His faux pars were becoming ridiculous & slanderous so we had to end
the meeting - he promised Ray that he had taken everything he said
seriously & that he would keep Ray informed of his progress. He also
altered the SSP1 form that Steph Cusak & the wages clerk had
messed up with the wrong dates.
Richard Armstrong did not keep his promises - we never found out
the outcome of his investigation - we left messages but he never
returned them.
The more serious issue however is that Richard Armstrong refused
to co operate with the Benefits agency who were trying to sort Ray's
Incapacity Benefit claim out. Because Richard altered the dates,
he had to confirm it in writing - the BA sent fax after fax but still
nothing came back from Richard. In the mean time, Ray could not
get benefits - his bank account was overdrawn & he had massive debts
to pay off - he went without money for 3 months because Richard
Armstrong decided to join in the bullying campaign against Ray.
As with most bullying cases, the victim can only take so much & this
eventually happened to Ray - after finding out that his payment was to
be delayed again, he attempted suicide.. fortunately, he didn't succeed.
The Benefits Agency were informed of Ray's condition & his
circumstances - they immediately put a customer relations officer in
charge of his claim & she bypassed the red tape to hurry Ray's claim
through.
Mr
Armstrong.. You're a pathetic fool
Dave
Pocknell:
Employment Relations, MFI Ltd
David
Pocknell was an absolute disgrace - he is a very rude &
obnoxious man who stood up & shouted at Ray's Legal Advisor in a
threatening manner during the meeting - all because she caught him out
& he didn't like it - he told Ray to 'shut up' when he broke down as
the tape recording of him being bullied by Billy Taylor was
played - to stop Ray from crying, he opened the door so everyone could
see him..
Dave Pocknell has no feelings, he is old school & does not
understand the way things work in this century - he is insensitive &
uncaring - his job title is a joke, or it would be if it wasn't a
serious issue..
Well Mr Pocknell, Only the fool despises wisdom and instruction,
you will do well to remember that!!
Laura
Ryan: HR
Director, MFI Ltd
Poor Laura
Ryan must have thought she was very clever - she listened to
the bullies & read the bias untruthful reports, she didn't bother
meeting or even speaking to Ray before sending him a letter full of
defamatory bull.
Laura Ryan is guilty of the following:
» Accusing
Ray of 'continued absence' the first time he had been off in 8
months & was in fact signed off work by his doctor - the
reason, stress & depression caused by workplace bullying!
» Accused
Ray of 'inadequate work performance' which resulted in a final
warning - this was her understanding based on what Billy Taylor
put in Ray's records.. Does Laura Ryan encourage management
to treat their workers in this way?
» Accused
Ray of not attending the second disciplinary for tape recording Billy
Taylor bullying him despite a 'series of communications' -
does Laura know that the only communication Ray received about
this disciplinary was via MFI Runcorn's Gardener who delivered the
letter to the wrong address?
» Accused
Ray of 'provoking & orchestrating an event with Billy
Taylor which was tape recorded' - Billy Taylor does not
need any encouragement to bully his workers - it's a mixture of
him being incompetent & having a personality disorder which
makes him bully - Ray taped Billy bullying him because Jim
Turner ignored his pleas for help
» Accused
Ray of not fulfilling his job description - the company didn't
allow Ray to carry out his job description because they overloaded
the guards with managerial tasks - The guards also carried out Billy
Taylor's responsibilities - Ray did what he was told, he also
went beyond his job description to help the company
» She
accused Ray of being partly to blame for being bullied - what
planet do you come from woman - you are the Director of HR yet you
don't understand how bullies operate, but of course - Ray had been
sacked & you didn't want to be made a fool of. She stated
Billy Taylor had been disciplined for his behaviour on the tape
recording, but for Ray, who was the victim, he got sacked -
disgraceful!
» She
accused Ray of not knowing what his job description was - this is
a joke, Billy Taylor's job description form was dated 1999 - it
had security duties on it but because the guards were overloaded
with other peoples work they couldn't carry out their duties - she
went on to say that some practices that Ray had complained about
had now been changed, but Ray was still in the wrong..
» They
couldn't find evidence of pornographic materials but did find
other illegal goods on site which she had now stopped, but Ray was
still a bad worker..
» She
then accused Ray of not following the correct complaints procedure
- Ray did follow company procedure but because the General Manager
doesn't give a toss about his workers, there is basically no point
in complaining, is there Laura?
» She
then went on to change Ray's date of dismissal yet again - Ray was
now only given 4 days notice instead of a week - this was to mess
Ray's benefit claim up again which was pure evil..
» Laura Ryan
finally stated that they had covered up everything that Ray complained
about & she could find no sufficient evidence to give Ray his job
back - sick joke!!
John
Hancock: CEO,
MFI Ltd
John
Hancock was kept informed of developments by us - everything
that happened was carbon copied to him - he knew what Ray had been put
through but he chose to ignore us & let his puppets speak for him
instead.
Well Mr
Hancock, you must realise by now that you cannot get away with
abusing a British Citizen in this way & get away with it - even if
the law allows you to.
You have chosen to support a lazy incompetent man who chose to abuse his
power of authority & bully those he was supposed to encourage - you
chose to get rid of a hard worker who went beyond his duties for your
company with no thanks..
Your decision has put the health & safety of other MFI Ltd employees
at risk because the bully is still there, continuing most of his old
practices - how long do you think it will be before he does it again -
will you continue to support him?
You might be good at saving money, but your not very good when it comes
to treating your employees with a bit of respect - shame on you John
Hancock, shame on you!!
You are a true Fat Cat who probably has pictures of Margaret
Thatcher hanging on the walls - you shouldn't treat people like scum
because they have a nasty habit of fighting back..
Do you own a conscience? We think NOT!!
Transport
& General Workers Union
(T&G)
Now we
come to the union - the union who bullied their way into MFI.
Only a handful of MFI workers wanted the T&G,
the majority already had a union, one that fought for their members
rights but MFI didn't like that so they signed a sweetheart deal with
the T&G
so that they were the only union the company would recognise - sod the
fact no one wanted them.
Ray joined the T&G,
he didn't know what was going on in the other branches of MFI but
he thought that he would be safe with union support - only problem was,
the T&G
don't support the worker, they support the company.
Both Ray & his Legal Advisor rang Tommy Kerwin, we think he's
the Branch secretary in Liverpool, anyway - he was told of every
bullying incident - did he help Ray, did he hell.. Even when Ray was
about to be sacked, he insisted that he didn't know who to speak to - we
were not to speak to the General Manager, Jim Turner because
according to Tommy Kerwin, Jim Turner did not employ Ray (Jim
Turner's name is on the offer of employment letter)
Tommy Kerwin told us that the T&G
would sue MFI for using a minor to cover part of a night shift at
the supervisors request - then Tommy conveniently forgot about this..
The T&G took Ray's money
but refused to help him - had he been with the union that the company
ignored, he would have been supported..
Shame on you T&G - you
should all hang your heads in shame - everyone is on to what you are
doing (or not doing) & you are to be challenged - publicly.. You
might think you can get away with these practices, but when the word
spreads that you support workplace bullies, no one will want to know
you!! Forewarned is Forearmed..
Your motto "Working for Your Rights" makes us sick to the
stomach!!
MFI
Ltd's Solicitor
We're not
naming the solicitor because he was simply following orders, however, he
threatened Ray which means we have to publish the details of his
crimes..
This is the e-mail Ray received from the Solicitor: (our comments are in
blue)
We
act for MFI UK Ltd ("MFI")
