NSPCC wins 3 out of 4 cases but must pay £23k
Friday 10th June 2011, 2:30PM BST.
Former NSPCC child protection officer Mick Dunbar arrives at Les Cotils for one of the tribunal sessions. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1116482)
THE NSPCC has been forced to pay out nearly £23,000 to a local employee it unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.
But the panel decided in the charity’s favour over the redundancies of three other Guernsey-based female employees.
Guernsey manager Mick Dunbar claimed he was unfairly dismissed following the unveiling of a new nationwide strategy in October 2009, when the NSPCC opted to close its Guernsey branch and make local staff redundant.
The employment tribunal ruled that the NSPCC failed to offer Mr Dunbar alternative employment when making him redundant, despite offering two colleagues he was managing the opportunity to work elsewhere in the organisation. It concluded Mr Dunbar was unfairly dismissed as the NSPCC failed to adopt a fair process by excluding him from the selection process for the alternative jobs.
He was awarded £22,983, the equivalent of six months’ pay.
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How many flag day donations are required to pay £46k per year wages?!?!
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How many people here with Mick Dunbars’ expertise and credibility were there? Answer: on the fingers of one hand – 4ish. This man did a fantastic job at NSPCC, he was trusted by the children under his wing and their support groups. I hope he has now found fulfiling employment. Our island is poorer for not having this gentle man at the helm for our children in need.
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Salary as well as rent allowance etc?
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If we’re going by an average or 10 locations per day 9-4 assuming 1/3 dont show up pulling half hourly shifts, approximately 20.
I happen to know the stats for some charities, and charities are never poor, all it takes is one person to pop and leave you their house or half of it, or money, and that typically happens a fair few times a year to most charities, the kiddy ones get massive donations from parents, the women’s refuges get massive donations from prominent feminists and the cancer ones get massive donations from any and everyone.
So, as a rule, if you have heard of a charity, it’ll probably sing to the tune of eight figures plus.
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I totally agree with Stiletto’s comments. I only knew Mick for two years but found him to be a completely genuine, honest and considerate person – very rare qualities these days.
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