warrior queen
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Well now, here's a turn of events.... a little history to start....
In early 2009, my man and I both got a contract to work for a year running a cruise boat in one of the most picturesque parts of the state. He was the skipper and I was the hostess/tour guide.
A little less money than we're used to, but we were prepared to stay there till retirement as we both absolutely loved the job.
After a few weeks there, we both began noticing some serious safety issues with the vessel. Being us, we took daily logs of all the defects and problems, and brougt them to the attention of the resort managers.
Assurances were given that these issues would be addressed, and we were praised for our attention to detail and our wonderful work ethic, as well as the outstanding tour we gave (we were both featured in a TV documentary about this).
Fast forward a few months.
We had a major flooding incident that occurred during a tour, and we were forced to call for assistance over the open airways.
Several tour customers were terrified during this incident.
Fortunately, we made it back to the dock without sinking, but as the flooding had gone past the floorboards inboard, we were required by Maritime Law to complete and lodge a Major Incident Report.
When we did this, our employment contract was terminated, effective immediately.
The man and I both decided to take this to our Industrial Relations Commission.
We self-represented - and we won.
In the contract of settlement (a legally binding document) it states very clearly that the Emplyer, and all people who work for them, cannot under any circumstances say anything negative about either of us if asked for a reference.
Now come forward to the present....
Today, I had verification that the current managers of the resort are giving bad references - and not just bad, these are absolutely horrendous! I wouldn't hire eother of us, based on what they are saying!!!
So - back to court.
Both my man and I will be asking for reparations based on the last 3 years (despite the fact that we have both had work meantime).
We will also be making a case for slander.
But first, we are going back down there tomorrow to ask for a written reference for each of us, which they MUST provide, again based on the written terms of the settlement.
There are new managers in place, and it will be interesting to see what they say.
We don't need the references to proceed.... Both of us have former employers willing to make Statutory Declarations as to what they were told when they rang for references.
They are fucked.
In early 2009, my man and I both got a contract to work for a year running a cruise boat in one of the most picturesque parts of the state. He was the skipper and I was the hostess/tour guide.
A little less money than we're used to, but we were prepared to stay there till retirement as we both absolutely loved the job.
After a few weeks there, we both began noticing some serious safety issues with the vessel. Being us, we took daily logs of all the defects and problems, and brougt them to the attention of the resort managers.
Assurances were given that these issues would be addressed, and we were praised for our attention to detail and our wonderful work ethic, as well as the outstanding tour we gave (we were both featured in a TV documentary about this).
Fast forward a few months.
We had a major flooding incident that occurred during a tour, and we were forced to call for assistance over the open airways.
Several tour customers were terrified during this incident.
Fortunately, we made it back to the dock without sinking, but as the flooding had gone past the floorboards inboard, we were required by Maritime Law to complete and lodge a Major Incident Report.
When we did this, our employment contract was terminated, effective immediately.
The man and I both decided to take this to our Industrial Relations Commission.
We self-represented - and we won.
In the contract of settlement (a legally binding document) it states very clearly that the Emplyer, and all people who work for them, cannot under any circumstances say anything negative about either of us if asked for a reference.
Now come forward to the present....
Today, I had verification that the current managers of the resort are giving bad references - and not just bad, these are absolutely horrendous! I wouldn't hire eother of us, based on what they are saying!!!
So - back to court.
Both my man and I will be asking for reparations based on the last 3 years (despite the fact that we have both had work meantime).
We will also be making a case for slander.
But first, we are going back down there tomorrow to ask for a written reference for each of us, which they MUST provide, again based on the written terms of the settlement.
There are new managers in place, and it will be interesting to see what they say.
We don't need the references to proceed.... Both of us have former employers willing to make Statutory Declarations as to what they were told when they rang for references.
They are fucked.
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