Soldato
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Hi guys,
My dad works at a school as a site manager, so he does everything to look after the school such as cleaning, building stuff, organizing contractors in, etc. His role used to be done by three people, but they got rid of them all and just hired him, presumable to save money. He is currently about 67/68 or so, but despite his age he is very fit, capable, and works harder than most people his age.
Last week, the headmaster of the school asked to speak to him and he was told they (board of governers) thought he was too old for his job so he must be demoted. This involves reducing working hours by 10 hours a week, and in total results in about £400 lost in pay a month. So he would start the day at 7am and finish at 12:30, instead of 5:30pm. To cover for the second half of the day, they would hire someone else to do the caretaking. So this can't be a cost cutting measure.
My dad was not happy at being told he was too old for his job, so asked why they thought he was too old for the job (was it something he wasn't doing, couldn't get enough done, etc?), but they couldn't give him an answer. My dad wanted to work a few more months (up to a year) in his current role before finally retiring, but wanted to save up some money first so that the odd job could be done as the bulk of my parent's money has been to sent their sons to university. This was explained to the headmaster but he seemed very unsympathetic about it.
After 13 years of loyal service, he was told to accept the job or be sacked.
My question is, can he be forced to accept this demotion when they do not appear to have a shred of evidence that he is too old to do his job? Can threaten to sack him if he doesn't accept it?
My dad works at a school as a site manager, so he does everything to look after the school such as cleaning, building stuff, organizing contractors in, etc. His role used to be done by three people, but they got rid of them all and just hired him, presumable to save money. He is currently about 67/68 or so, but despite his age he is very fit, capable, and works harder than most people his age.
Last week, the headmaster of the school asked to speak to him and he was told they (board of governers) thought he was too old for his job so he must be demoted. This involves reducing working hours by 10 hours a week, and in total results in about £400 lost in pay a month. So he would start the day at 7am and finish at 12:30, instead of 5:30pm. To cover for the second half of the day, they would hire someone else to do the caretaking. So this can't be a cost cutting measure.
My dad was not happy at being told he was too old for his job, so asked why they thought he was too old for the job (was it something he wasn't doing, couldn't get enough done, etc?), but they couldn't give him an answer. My dad wanted to work a few more months (up to a year) in his current role before finally retiring, but wanted to save up some money first so that the odd job could be done as the bulk of my parent's money has been to sent their sons to university. This was explained to the headmaster but he seemed very unsympathetic about it.
After 13 years of loyal service, he was told to accept the job or be sacked.
My question is, can he be forced to accept this demotion when they do not appear to have a shred of evidence that he is too old to do his job? Can threaten to sack him if he doesn't accept it?
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