Nesikep
Well-known member
One of my local friends is going through a bit of a legal nightmare right now... I won't paraphrase, so here's what he said
In my eyes the employee is on darned thin ice.. either he denounces his friendship to this arsehole or I'd think he's in on the deal.
Another similar semi-local occurrence was when a family was selling their farm, and the buyers wanted to be shown the ropes.. well, they didn't buy the farm, and then sued for wages.. .and WON..
All this crap makes my blood boil.. our legal system is eternally favoring the crooks and shafting people who try to do something right.
Employers beware! Earlier this year I allowed a friend of an employee the opportunity to gain some log hauling experience by riding around with my employee in my truck. I requested a copy of his driver's abstract for my files as per the law. Long story short he now has taken me to labour relations claiming I owe him for 110 hrs of training time. I mostly ignored this at first but despite having all the written documentation having been made available to the labour board they are now going to force me to an arbitration hearing. This man that I tried to help has no documentation yet the board doesn't care. Further more when it all goes to arbitration and I am cleared there are no consequences for his actions to try and extort money from my company. He just gets a free pass to do it again to someone else. Please if anyone out there knows how to bring this madness to an end please let me know . The labour board is enabling this man to extort money. How do you fight this? Where do you turn? How do I contact someone who can investigate this in the media? PLEASE SHARE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. You might be the next one to have to choke back paying someone you never hired or employed.
In my eyes the employee is on darned thin ice.. either he denounces his friendship to this arsehole or I'd think he's in on the deal.
Another similar semi-local occurrence was when a family was selling their farm, and the buyers wanted to be shown the ropes.. well, they didn't buy the farm, and then sued for wages.. .and WON..
All this crap makes my blood boil.. our legal system is eternally favoring the crooks and shafting people who try to do something right.