Evry’s dismissal of a union representative is not valid – Asker og Bærums Budstikke

the IT-company Evry headquartered at Fornebu in recent years been through several tough rounds of job cuts. In the last year, hit one of these rounds also EL and IT the league’s representatives in the company, John Christian Hanssen, who has 33 years of seniority and since 2010 the practice has worked full-time as a union representative.

El, and IT Involved choosing to going to court to get the resignation of John Christian Hanssen declared invalid. The case was up in the Asker and Bærum district court in January.

Now is the judgment ready. There is a collective right agree that the dismissal is not justified, according to the website Free Fagbevegelse.

“A unified right has (…) found that the dismissal of the Hanssen is not justified. Hanssens claim that the termination is invalid is therefore taken to follow,” states the verdict, according to the website.

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– Junk termination

last summer explained forbundssekretær in the El and IT Connected to why they chose to go the court way to get to know the termination invalid.

– We does not dispute company’s needs for downsizing, but the selection of Hanssen is wrong. Evry has not emphasized seniority as much as they should in accordance with the master agreement. The company has over 3,000 employees with shorter seniority, and there are many positions he could have gone into without further training, said forbundssekretær Torbjørn Sundal da.

LO-leader of Asker and Bærum, Per H. Refsdal, was also clear in its appealing during a demonstration outside the evry’s premises at Fornebu in april of last year.

– Termination of Hanssen is junk, completely without respect for trade unions and workers ‘ rights, said the new LO-the leader in Asker and Bærum, Per H. Refsdal, in an appeal during the demonstration outside the evry’s head office at Fornebu in april.

Relieved over the verdict

Face Free Fagbevegelse expresses El and IT Associated relief over the verdict.

– It pleases me that a united right can find the notice invalid, says Sundal.

however, There are several points in the judgment, which does not run in the El and IT the league’s favor. It applies, among other things, the who have with utvalgskrets, criteria, and questions about discrimination by trade unions to do.

In the judgment, be tried Evry to pay John Christian Hanssen 20,000 in money for the tort. Evry will consider whether the judgment should be appealed.