London Butler Uses Employment Solicitor to Win "Slave" Case
Butlers are becoming increasingly rare in this day and age, yet they are still used by the affluent and the higher social circles to wait on them during their day to day life; however, if their employees cross the line from treating them like a servant to a slave then they must speak out and make a charge against the offending party.
This was the case when a wealthy widow employed a butler to help her around the house, yet treated him than less than a human by throwing walking sticks at him and calling him names like 'selfish prat', 'toad' and 'monster'.
Mr X, 64, who worked and lived in a wealthy London home won an unfair dismissal case against Lady Y.
If you feel that you have been unfairly dismissed then contact a London employment solicitor today to see if you can claim compensation for your damages.
Mr.
X informed an employment tribunal that Lady Y behaved appallingly during the two years that he was employed by her, forcing him to work up to 67 hours a week, way over the maximum amount of hours that an employee should legally work.
She even threw walking sticks at him at one point, which is not only physical abuse, but degrading and embarrassing for a woman in her nineties to be assaulting a man in his forties.
He stated to the tribunal that Lady Y was 'despotic' and that she still thought of herself as living in the glory days of the British Empire yet in actual fact she lives in squalor with ill-fitting wiring, disgusting piles of clothing in a cramped bedroom and her bathroom is on its last legs.
The final straw was that she treat Mr.
X like a slave, not as an equal or even a subordinate employee.
After the trials proceedings had been finalized, the tribunal chairman found Mr X in favour of unfair dismissal due to the fact that the statutory dismissal procedure had not been properly followed.
However, the tribunal awarded the dismissed butler a reduced payout of £1,200 as he was found to be partly to blame for the reason for his dismissal in 2006.
Lady Y's land agent and a close friend stated that Mr.
X had neglected his duties and had spent his 'on the clock' time for pursuing his own personal business ventures.
If you feel that you have been unfairly dismissed, contact a London employment solicitor for some top quality legal advice on whether you can claim compensation for your damages.
This was the case when a wealthy widow employed a butler to help her around the house, yet treated him than less than a human by throwing walking sticks at him and calling him names like 'selfish prat', 'toad' and 'monster'.
Mr X, 64, who worked and lived in a wealthy London home won an unfair dismissal case against Lady Y.
If you feel that you have been unfairly dismissed then contact a London employment solicitor today to see if you can claim compensation for your damages.
Mr.
X informed an employment tribunal that Lady Y behaved appallingly during the two years that he was employed by her, forcing him to work up to 67 hours a week, way over the maximum amount of hours that an employee should legally work.
She even threw walking sticks at him at one point, which is not only physical abuse, but degrading and embarrassing for a woman in her nineties to be assaulting a man in his forties.
He stated to the tribunal that Lady Y was 'despotic' and that she still thought of herself as living in the glory days of the British Empire yet in actual fact she lives in squalor with ill-fitting wiring, disgusting piles of clothing in a cramped bedroom and her bathroom is on its last legs.
The final straw was that she treat Mr.
X like a slave, not as an equal or even a subordinate employee.
After the trials proceedings had been finalized, the tribunal chairman found Mr X in favour of unfair dismissal due to the fact that the statutory dismissal procedure had not been properly followed.
However, the tribunal awarded the dismissed butler a reduced payout of £1,200 as he was found to be partly to blame for the reason for his dismissal in 2006.
Lady Y's land agent and a close friend stated that Mr.
X had neglected his duties and had spent his 'on the clock' time for pursuing his own personal business ventures.
If you feel that you have been unfairly dismissed, contact a London employment solicitor for some top quality legal advice on whether you can claim compensation for your damages.