Problems of employment and how to tackle them

This blog only covers what to do when you do get cheated by the employer and what are the UK government employment policies and process.

This blog does not cover information on
a) Hours of work
b) What should be the pay
c) How to avoid exploitation

My personal experience is that asian employers exploit you the most. I am sure there will be exceptions on this and it is not the rule of thumb.

I have always come across situations where people try to exploit and misuse the process which is actually meant to improve the quality of our life.
The most common of all are
a) Do not pay for the number's of hours worked
This is very common in the service industry. I have always seen student's who come to the UK are exploited a lot or they want to be exploited. They give them more hours to work but do not pay the minimum wages. This is a win win situation for the employer and the employee.
Note: This is against the law :)
But there are instances that you work and still do not get paid. In such instances we should fight for what is unfair. According to me employer and the employee both are breaking the law. Employee is breaking the law by not reporting this atrocities and employer is misusing his position.
b) Misuse of the timesheets
This is also one of the common things employees misuse. Its always good to keep a record of time we have worked if you are paid on hourly basis. Though punching cards/ electronics machine has helped in solving this issue.
c) Racial abuse and mistreatment
This is one of the most disgusting thing I feel in life. Mostly this happens when people take the other person for granted. Report it to the concerned authority.

Legal process
In UK any Employment issue should be brought to the notice of employment tribunal within a period of 3 months after the incident has happened.
Claims regarding number of hours worked, racial abuse, employment issues should be reported soon as possible/ three months before the incident has occurred.

There are a lot of Solicitors who work on this issue. Most of the problems are resolved once you sent a legal notice to the employer. Its very important that a legal notice is served to the person/ company.
Attorney charges are around say 200/ 250 quid. There are some attorney's who do it for free for you as they recover the charges from the other client.

Some of the attorney who work on employment issue is 
http://www.tribunal-online.com/

http://www.employmentlaw.co.uk/

Note: Once the legal notice is served Employer will try to negotiate and try to take time so that they cross the 3 months period. This is a common mistake done. Legally employer has an advantage if you fail to inform the employment tribunal before the 3 month period.

Whizzman Ltd is a company in UK which according to my experience exploits people of asian origin. They operate a restaurant at Walthamstow, London by the name "Indian Bristo".
PWC Solicitors, Illford represent Whizzman Ltd in their wrong doing and negotiations.