Work making a fool of him

[FireFly81]

My DP works at a retail place and the employers are basically taking the mick out of him, he's paid less than any other person that works there (by quite a bit too), they leave him on his own on a department that needs at least 2 people and then get at him when things are not done/finished and they swap and change his days off whenever they feel like it, whether he has stuff planned or not. They also make him do a job that he isnt qualified for and they do not pay him for the job he does at all. They 'assume' him to work EVERY bank holiday too, they dont even bother asking him anymore, they just put him down to do them.

The latest one is that they have "promoted" him to a 'specialist' (although suprise suprise his wages stay the same!) and they have basically told him that if he doesnt turn this department around in 3 months he's out of a job altogether!!

Ive told him and his mother has told him that THEY CANNOT DO THIS but he refuses to listen and just jumps to their tune, surely the way they are running this place is illegal??

Does he belong to a union? If not, he should join and sek their advice.

How big is the company - don't they have procedures / personnel dept / head office ??

Sounds dreadful - he should not just accept this!

It's a national chain, dont really want to 'name' them but they sell car parts and mountain bikes and the name begins with a H lol

He just refuses to listen, it really winds me up.

No - deffo - contact Head office - the manager of his store is taking the p*ss & it sounds illegal to me to be continually expected to work Bank HOls for example. A company as big as that must have written job procedures & grievance procedures

ACAS can also help in such matters.

What did his job descriotion say?

Your DH needs to get his head out of the sand (because such problems do not go away) and realise that if he is being exploited like this it is likely that other people are being exploited also.

Also - you mentioned he's doing something hes not qualified to do - this may be putting people at risk if its fitting stuff in peoples cars/bikes for example

www.acas.org.uk is their website. They have a section on their main page called Rights at Work.

If the store is being poorly managed (and that certainly seems to be the case here) then it is in everyone's interests that this situation is addressed asap.

A few months ago he was sent to fit something to someones car and somehow managed to break the roof of the car (convertable) and caused £500 worth of damage which the manager tried to make him pay for. Ive also heard stories of a blokes car bursting into flames after leaving the store (my DP was involved in the work apparantly) and more recently a blokes tire blew up on a motorway when he had his wife and kids in the car not sure if DP fitted that tire or not but some of the things he tells me are frightful.

He says it will cause more trouble than anything else if he tried to do something about his manager but apart from all this he is the but of everyones jokes and to be honest, to me it sounds like he is being bullied by the other lads but he wont admit it.

Yoru DH seriously needs to consider contcting ACAS and seek their advice asap.

This manager there is clearly in the wrong job as he encourages such poor working practises.

A poorly run workplace like this would and does encourage bullying to arise. He is not the only victim of such poor practices. He needs to bring this to the attention also of the union rep and to Head Office. They are probably aware that this store has a problem but they definately will not know if staff do not come forward with their grievances.