
| According to Mayank Kumar Gupta, the partner, it is the first such tower crane in Eastern UP with a height of 180-ft. It can handle the heavy building material (three tons) in a radius of 270-ft. President, Swastik Group, Ambrish Kumar Gupta and others were present on the occasion. Since 2000 there have been a number of high profile incidents and deaths involving tower cranes. These have led to public concern over tower crane safety and in 2008 the Work and Pensions Select Committee, inquiring into the work of the HSE, called on HSE to bring forward proposals for a national register. You've been fired or disciplined without justification. You want to sue for wrongful termination. If you lived in New Jersey, California, or some other states, your employer would need to have cause to fire you. Not so in Florida. Florida is an at-will state, which means an employer may fire, demote, hire, promote and discipline employees for pretty much any reason, or no reason at all. The only way to change that is to urge your state legislators to pass more protections for employees. That doesn't mean there are no protections for employees. You should ask yourself the following questions to see if you might be covered under some employment law: Did my supervisors make any comments indicating bias? If your supervisor made racist or sexist jokes, said they thought you were too old or your disability made you unable to do the job, required you to work on religious holidays, or made other comments that would indicate a bias, you may have direct evidence of discrimination. Was I treated differently than others in the same situation? If you don't have direct evidence of discrimination, you may be able demonstrate you were treated differently than those of a different race, sex, religion, national origin, age, or other protected status under the same circumstances. Try to think of people who are of a different race/age/sex, etc. and were treated differently from you. Find out if there are people who have also been the victims of similar discrimination. Why was I really fired? Most employees have a pretty good idea why they were fired. If you made a worker's compensation claim and were fired a week later, that's a good indication you were fired in retaliation for making the claim. If you reported your supervisor for Medicare fraud, and then the supervisor fires you, you may have a whistleblower claim. Is my employer saying something false about me? If potential employers tell you are going to be hired if your references check out, and then the job is mysteriously filled when you call back, your employer may be giving false or damaging information about you. There are professional reference-checking companies who will call for you and see what an employer is saying about you. If you can prove it's false, you may be able to sue for defamation. Am I in some protected category? If you were fired after you took some protected action, you may be able to sue for retaliation. Think about whether you recently made a worker's compensation claim, performed jury duty, served in the military, took family/medical leave, served as a witness in a lawsuit, provided testimony or evidence to EEOC, refused to participate in illegal activity, reported illegal activity, or engaged in protected free speech. "I'm absolutely seething at what's gone on," said Stephen's mum Margaret Hartley, 60. "So is the HSE. The judge wasn't pleased either but his hands were tied." Construction union UCATT wants someone at board level to take legal responsibility for health and safety, to help stop "vacuums" like the one at Worthing. And so there's someone to carry the can. |



