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My role is in sales, so my earnings are largely made up of commissions.
18 months ago, the business owner died suddenly and his only co director stepped in to run the company. Before death, the co director was director in name only. He wasn’t made aware of many things and was not running the business.
as a consequence, the director, when stepping up relied heavily on me. His nature is to talk and talk and with my time taken up helping him run the business and a few ‘compliance’’ projects, by April 24 I realised I’d lost £80k in earnings.
I raised this in my January review (in writing) and the director was going to put a case to the new owner (not involved in the business) but nothing has happened.
last week I formally asked for £45k compensation, based on 3 years average as a fair assumption of what my loss is. The director seems too scared to ask the owner (25 year old kid helped by his mum).
it’s been formally recorded that without my help, the business would not be in the position it is today and I have been invaluable.
is there anything in law which suggests they do need to compensate me, given 70% of my earnings derive from sales and in helping the company, my ‘sales time’ was diminished.
18 months ago, the business owner died suddenly and his only co director stepped in to run the company. Before death, the co director was director in name only. He wasn’t made aware of many things and was not running the business.
as a consequence, the director, when stepping up relied heavily on me. His nature is to talk and talk and with my time taken up helping him run the business and a few ‘compliance’’ projects, by April 24 I realised I’d lost £80k in earnings.
I raised this in my January review (in writing) and the director was going to put a case to the new owner (not involved in the business) but nothing has happened.
last week I formally asked for £45k compensation, based on 3 years average as a fair assumption of what my loss is. The director seems too scared to ask the owner (25 year old kid helped by his mum).
it’s been formally recorded that without my help, the business would not be in the position it is today and I have been invaluable.
is there anything in law which suggests they do need to compensate me, given 70% of my earnings derive from sales and in helping the company, my ‘sales time’ was diminished.
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