The report goes on to say that the council has finally decided to strip NCP of its on-street responsibilities. This comes after the award-winning BBC Inside Out Documentary which exposed NCP Attendants making racist and abusive comments and bragging about taking bribes and falsifying documents.
But the quote from Council Leader Bob Symonds has more spin than a Shane Warne googly. He states (with a straight face)
"The people who were identified in the programme have already left the company through various avenues."
Well, Mr. Symonds let us look at the various 'avenues' which the NCP employees strolled down and which are most certainly not the tree-lined, flower blossom ones you seem to allude to:
Contracts Manager ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct.
Assistant Contracts Manager ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Pending employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Training Officer ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Lost tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Supervisor ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Lost employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Senior Parking Attendant ... resigned first day back after long period of sick leave and therefore avoided disciplinary proceedings.
5 x Parking Attendants ... sacked for gross misconduct including falsification of documents and accepting bribes as well as drinking on duty. Aware that two took cases to employment tribunals and lost.
I have not named names because, although the behaviour and comments from the PAs was reprehensible, some of the NCP employees provided convenient patsies and scapegoats by deflecting the spotlight from the council's failings.
But we are still waiting Mr. Symonds ... the council kept the money from all the tickets issued by the above. The ones who have been sacked for falsifying documents, taking bribes and so on ... alleged criminal acts which cost the men their jobs, but the council keeps the money. If this was a novel it would be too far fetched to be believable!!
Contracts Manager ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct.
Assistant Contracts Manager ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Pending employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Training Officer ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Lost tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Supervisor ... Sacked for Gross Misconduct. Lost employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Senior Parking Attendant ... resigned first day back after long period of sick leave and therefore avoided disciplinary proceedings.
5 x Parking Attendants ... sacked for gross misconduct including falsification of documents and accepting bribes as well as drinking on duty. Aware that two took cases to employment tribunals and lost.
I have not named names because, although the behaviour and comments from the PAs was reprehensible, some of the NCP employees provided convenient patsies and scapegoats by deflecting the spotlight from the council's failings.
But we are still waiting Mr. Symonds ... the council kept the money from all the tickets issued by the above. The ones who have been sacked for falsifying documents, taking bribes and so on ... alleged criminal acts which cost the men their jobs, but the council keeps the money. If this was a novel it would be too far fetched to be believable!!
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