14th March 2013, 05:28 PM
Jack Wrote:It seems to me, unless a company / management are very careful, and unless the systems put in place are well-thought through and fair, such a system could be abused as a tool for disgruntled employees to get back at, threaten, or even blackmail their supervisors.
Fortunately there are a number of archaeological organisations who have managed to implement these procedures (many because of their previous local authority connections) and have dealt with sufficient cases over the years to make the operation of the system fairly smooth. I spent a number of years accompanying union members at the Museum of London through such procedures and can't recall any occasion where 'blackmail' was involved. Although of course I accept that one persons 'righteous indignation' might occasionally be construed by other parties with less seriousness. The Corporation of London (the ultimate appeal body of the Museum of London system) had an appeal committee that included equal numbers of trade union and management representatives and always attempted to seek consensus rather than a majority.
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