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IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL Case No 1809253/2009
AT LEEDS
BETWEEN
MR P P WEBB Claimant
and
FIRST/KEOLIS TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS Respondent
I Geoffrey Lee will say as follows.
I have been on the railway for nearly 31 years, I started as a railway guard and became a driver in 1992. I received an email from Perry at the beginning of June asking what the latest rumours where about him. I emailed him back explaining the following.
It was while I was being assessed by Manager Ged Higgins last May that Ged told me that they were going to stop Perry`s wages because he hadn`t responded to any of their correspondence. Further stating that they were going to sack him, I responded by saying, “you can`t fucking say that”, to which Ged replied, “we took the train out of service for 2 days for no reason and it cost us £20,000 per day, a total cost of £40,000”.
I then explained that you could sack every driver here, there`s not a driver who hasn`t put a report in that hasn`t come back no fault found. I then explained that everyone knows Perry is in Thailand and that if anyone else other than Perry had written the same thing, it would have gone no further, no investigation and no enquiry.
I was then subjected to being downloaded by Ged more times than the normal assessment criteria.
I was interviewed over the email, but never received the minutes from the Interview. I only received the minutes of my interview and Ged`s interview when Perry emailed them to me.
When I read Ged`s interview minutes, I disagreed with what he said, so I put a stage one grievance in, this was in September last year, In November last year I had a meeting with Manager Mark Atkinson. Which I felt was positive, but it was declined in April this year. So I put in a stage 2 grievance. As to the present time I have received no further information and my stage 2 grievance which is still outstanding.
The contents of this witness statement are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signed: G Lee
Date: 3rd June 2010
To anyone reading this and knowing Driver Geoff Lee.
I would personally describe Geoff as being a level headed man who keeps himself to himself, I have never heard anyone have a bad word about him, I certainly wouldn`t think of this man as a liar especially with the allegations made above.
Another issue this clearly highlights is the attitude of TPE to grievances, which I can show is widespread.
Geoff`s grievance went to stage 3 with Nick Donovan, the outcome of which proves Ged Higgins is a LIAR. Not in what he states above but in his interview on this subject.
IN THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL Case No 1809253/2009
AT LEEDS
BETWEEN
MR P P WEBB Claimant
and
FIRST/KEOLIS TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS Respondent
I Geoffrey Lee will say as follows.
I have been on the railway for nearly 31 years, I started as a railway guard and became a driver in 1992. I received an email from Perry at the beginning of June asking what the latest rumours where about him. I emailed him back explaining the following.
It was while I was being assessed by Manager Ged Higgins last May that Ged told me that they were going to stop Perry`s wages because he hadn`t responded to any of their correspondence. Further stating that they were going to sack him, I responded by saying, “you can`t fucking say that”, to which Ged replied, “we took the train out of service for 2 days for no reason and it cost us £20,000 per day, a total cost of £40,000”.
I then explained that you could sack every driver here, there`s not a driver who hasn`t put a report in that hasn`t come back no fault found. I then explained that everyone knows Perry is in Thailand and that if anyone else other than Perry had written the same thing, it would have gone no further, no investigation and no enquiry.
I was then subjected to being downloaded by Ged more times than the normal assessment criteria.
I was interviewed over the email, but never received the minutes from the Interview. I only received the minutes of my interview and Ged`s interview when Perry emailed them to me.
When I read Ged`s interview minutes, I disagreed with what he said, so I put a stage one grievance in, this was in September last year, In November last year I had a meeting with Manager Mark Atkinson. Which I felt was positive, but it was declined in April this year. So I put in a stage 2 grievance. As to the present time I have received no further information and my stage 2 grievance which is still outstanding.
The contents of this witness statement are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signed: G Lee
Date: 3rd June 2010
To anyone reading this and knowing Driver Geoff Lee.
I would personally describe Geoff as being a level headed man who keeps himself to himself, I have never heard anyone have a bad word about him, I certainly wouldn`t think of this man as a liar especially with the allegations made above.
Another issue this clearly highlights is the attitude of TPE to grievances, which I can show is widespread.
Geoff`s grievance went to stage 3 with Nick Donovan, the outcome of which proves Ged Higgins is a LIAR. Not in what he states above but in his interview on this subject.