If you're interested in employer-employee disputes, take a look at Boots' recent whistleblowing case. Whether or not you're a pharmacist, it's an amazing example of when a big company drops the ball in workplace relations.
The pharmacist in question refused to sign off staff as competent for a new company sponsored training program:
"Debbie rang Peter at home to ask for his GPhC registration number so
that the staff declaration could be completed. Peter refused and made it
clear to Debbie that the staff were not yet competent to provide the
service. Peter later found out from the staff that Debbie had asked a
locum for his registration number which was then used to accredit their
training."
The full article reads like a checklist of all the things management could possibly do wrong in the workplace. What follows is a series of threats, defamation, false allegations, and the infamous performance improvement plan (code word for "you're on your way to getting your ass fired") being forced on the individual.
The court is still deciding on the damages Boots will need to pay.
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