Construction firms develop compensation scheme for Consulting Association blacklisting
10 October 2013
Eight major construction firms have apologised for their involvement with an organisation that held an alleged ‘blacklist’ of construction sector employees – and set up a compensation scheme for affected workers.
Thu, 10 Oct 2013Eight major construction firms have apologised for their involvement with an organisation that held an alleged ‘blacklist' of construction sector employees – and set up a compensation scheme for affected workers.
The list of over 3,000 construction workers was used by 40 firms and maintained by a company called The Consulting Association. The firms say The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme “is intended to make it as simple as possible for any worker with a legitimate claim to access compensation”.
The firms gave no detail as to the size of the compensation pot or how awards would be calculated, with the new website for the scheme saying more information will be available soon.
Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and VINCI also say they would support the introduction of a code of conduct to ensure nothing like this can happen within the construction industry again.
All apologise for their involvement with TCA and the impact that its database may have had on any individual construction worker.
Last month, the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) announced it was investigating a “small number” of members over the affair.
The list of over 3,000 construction workers was used by 40 firms and maintained by a company called The Consulting Association. The firms say The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme “is intended to make it as simple as possible for any worker with a legitimate claim to access compensation”.
The firms gave no detail as to the size of the compensation pot or how awards would be calculated, with the new website for the scheme saying more information will be available soon.
Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and VINCI also say they would support the introduction of a code of conduct to ensure nothing like this can happen within the construction industry again.
All apologise for their involvement with TCA and the impact that its database may have had on any individual construction worker.
Last month, the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) announced it was investigating a “small number” of members over the affair.
