Construction worker blacklist compensation should open in early 2014
18 November 2013
A scheme set up to compensate workers on an alleged ‘blacklist’ in the construction industry should open for applicants early next year, a spokesperson for the fund tells recruiter.co.uk.
Mon, 18 Nov 2013A scheme set up to compensate workers on an alleged ‘blacklist' in the construction industry should open for applicants early next year, a spokesperson for the fund tells recruiter.co.uk.
But The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme (TCWCS) would not confirm media reports that awards to individual workers could range from anywhere between £1k and £100k.
The Financial Times has seen what TCWCS describes to recruiter.co.uk as a “two-page key features document supplied to unions” as part of ongoing consultations with “workers representatives and other stakeholders to agree the terms of the scheme”.
The FT reported that this document suggested workers must agree to drop any legal action against construction firms involved if they accept compensation.
It is also suggested by national media that TCWCS will not attempt to contact all of the more than 3,000 workers on the list, raising the possibility of no compensation for those workers who are overseas, did not know they were on the list, or are deceased.
But TCWCS stressed that this was not set in stone yet, with the spokesperson saying: “There is absolutely no way I can predict where the scheme will end up.”
The spokesperson also confirms to recruiter.co.uk that while TCWCS currently involves eight major construction firms, it has been in conversation with all of the firms using the list.
While 42 firms used the list, this number is now lower due to mergers and acquisitions between the firms.
But The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme (TCWCS) would not confirm media reports that awards to individual workers could range from anywhere between £1k and £100k.
The Financial Times has seen what TCWCS describes to recruiter.co.uk as a “two-page key features document supplied to unions” as part of ongoing consultations with “workers representatives and other stakeholders to agree the terms of the scheme”.
The FT reported that this document suggested workers must agree to drop any legal action against construction firms involved if they accept compensation.
It is also suggested by national media that TCWCS will not attempt to contact all of the more than 3,000 workers on the list, raising the possibility of no compensation for those workers who are overseas, did not know they were on the list, or are deceased.
But TCWCS stressed that this was not set in stone yet, with the spokesperson saying: “There is absolutely no way I can predict where the scheme will end up.”
The spokesperson also confirms to recruiter.co.uk that while TCWCS currently involves eight major construction firms, it has been in conversation with all of the firms using the list.
While 42 firms used the list, this number is now lower due to mergers and acquisitions between the firms.
