Belinda was a part-time care assistant. This role involved Belinda visiting elderly or vulnerable clients in their homes to provide them with personal care, companionship and support with housework or other tasks they could not complete independently.
Belinda was falsely accused of taking money and financially abusing one of her long-term clients, she felt that the allegations made were because of her race. Belinda was able to detail other staff members (who were not the same ethnicity as her) and had had similar allegations made against them but were not treated the way she had been. The care provider immediately assumed that Belinda had been stealing money and accused her of “lying” as opposed to completing a thorough and fair investigation.
Following instructions from Belinda Fairest-Futures intervened and wrote both a grievance and grievance outcome appeal letter. The grievance appeal was upheld, and Belinda was cleared of the false allegation of financial abuse.
Belinda
Care assistant
Brian was a part-time warehouse worker. He worked in the warehouse during university breaks to help financially sustain his degree and pursuits of being an architect. Brian ‘s employers were consistently deducting monies from his monthly wage and were reluctant to pay him for some of the shifts he had worked. Brian tried to resolve this informally with his line manager by querying what the deductions were for. Unfortunately, Brian was ignored and resorted to contacting Fairest-Futures. Fairest-Futures intervened; drafted a grievance detailing Brian’s underpayments. Additionally, Fairest-Futures collated a bundle of evidence of Brian trying to contact his line manager to resolve the issue.
Brian was paid the monies owed to him.
Brian
Warehouse worker
Chrissy suffers from depression and anxiety. Whilst working part-time as a kitchen assistant Chrissy experienced several microaggressions regarding her disability. For example, her line manager once said to her
“that they (meaning the company) do not have time for people who will be calling in sick because of depression and that if she took this approach she would lose her job”
Chrissy also noticed that she was being treated differently to her peers who did not suffer from depression and anxiety. For instance, Chrissy was made to work shifts that she was not paid for and to complete unpaid training out of fear of reprisals.
Chrissy was eventually dismissed from the company. Initially, Chrissy wanted support appealing this dismissal and to write a grievance regarding the discrimination and work that she had not been paid for. Chrissy decided that she no longer wanted to appeal the dismissal as she would prefer to work elsewhere. However, Fairest-Futures supported Chrissy writing a grievance. Parts of the grievance were upheld, and Chrissy was paid for all the shifts and training that she had previously completed.
Chrissy
Kitchen assistant