The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 320 Rothwell Fire Station Open Day
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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
5. INVESTIGATION RESULT
5.7 At the end of the meeting, according to DO Hayden, Wigglesworth asked about his move and expressed his opinions in general.
5.8 The decision to deduct pay was found to have been instructed by DCFO Simon Smith. He said he had taken this action with the blessing of the human resources manager Sarah Davies who had advised him throughout. At no time had she expressed any reservations about this action or that it might be wrong. The report of the action by DO Hayden had no influence on the decision to deduct Wigglesworth’s wages. DCFO Smith said Sarah Davies was of no doubt that the reference to medical advice in the “Grey Book” meant that if the employee says they are ill for whatever reason then that is advice. As Sarah Davies is the Brigades human resources and accepted as having expertise in employment law he had no reason to doubt her opinion. DCFO Smith now accepts that such an interpretation, as stated by Sarah Davies, was flawed. This position is taken after he was been given legal advice by the County Solicitor.
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
5. INVESTIGATION RESULT
5.7 At the end of the meeting, according to DO Hayden, Wigglesworth asked about his move and expressed his opinions in general.
5.8 The decision to deduct pay was found to have been instructed by DCFO Simon Smith. He said he had taken this action with the blessing of the human resources manager Sarah Davies who had advised him throughout. At no time had she expressed any reservations about this action or that it might be wrong. The report of the action by DO Hayden had no influence on the decision to deduct Wigglesworth’s wages. DCFO Smith said Sarah Davies was of no doubt that the reference to medical advice in the “Grey Book” meant that if the employee says they are ill for whatever reason then that is advice. As Sarah Davies is the Brigades human resources and accepted as having expertise in employment law he had no reason to doubt her opinion. DCFO Smith now accepts that such an interpretation, as stated by Sarah Davies, was flawed. This position is taken after he was been given legal advice by the County Solicitor.
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