ABSTRACT
Simon, a senior IT manager, is taking you to an employment tribunal – because the Board hasn’t automatically given him the departing IT director’s job. You shake your head in disbelief. ‘The job is being advertised on the open market, and no one is stopping them from applying,’ you point out.
You ring your lawyers to brief them, only to find that the partner who handles your work has been poached by one of their competitors. She’ll doubtless be looking to take on your work. But will her contract allow it, you wonder?
It’s time for that union meeting – they say your performance management programme is tantamount to bullying. From where you stand, every risk centres around people.
