Re: Locke gone! : Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:44 pm  

theredshed wrote:

Castleford village could potentially be in financial meltdown.

25-24 to "the village people" tonight.

Seriously it shows what can be done if you build slowly and create genuine team spirit and a good club culture.

Not going to say much more as several Salford posters (understandably) don't like rival fans coming on here with opposing views.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:04 am  

Young man there's a place you can go.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:25 am  

redballoon99 wrote:

It's a strange one this. From what I can read, Locke has tended his resignation... That doesn't mean it will be accepted. I thought if you had a contract, you couldn't just hand in your notice and go and play elsewhere. Or have I got it all wrong?

If locke is owed money as he claims, then the club could be said to be in breach of contract and so locke could resign from that contract.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 9:16 am  

Laughable. We are a joke club. We're not becoming one, it's done.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:04 pm  

I think we have been a joke club for quite a few years.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:13 pm  

"If locke is owed money as he claims, then the club could be said to be in breach of contract"

Not true: it could be one part of a case but the club has to be given the chance to pay the money (and any agreed costs, recompense, etc). In theory anyone paid a salary in arrears is owed money by their employer.

The case is likely to be focused on constructive dismissal. This is a complex area and depends on a body of evidence usually showing changes, comments, directions, etc that make the person feel they have lost their job or cannot continue in it. I cannot but speculate as I am not party to this case. Nor do i know of the grievance procedures in any RL club that could be used to diffuse such action.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:14 pm  

Hillbilly_Red wrote:

"If locke is owed money as he claims, then the club could be said to be in breach of contract"

Not true: it could be one part of a case but the club has to be given the chance to pay the money (and any agreed costs, recompense, etc). In theory anyone paid a salary in arrears is owed money by their employer.

The case is likely to be focused on constructive dismissal. This is a complex area and depends on a body of evidence usually showing changes, comments, directions, etc that make the person feel they have lost their job or cannot continue in it. I cannot but speculate as I am not party to this case. Nor do i know of the grievance procedures in any RL club that could be used to diffuse such action.

I have some personal experience of this. Although this was some time ago. A previous employer of mine failed to pay some money's owed, I had found another position but they were insisting on me working my full notice-even though I was owed holiday time- they were insisting I could not take these holidays as part of my notice period. after taking legal advice I was told that as my previous employer had breached the terms of my contract I was able to leave without having to work my notice- which I did. They tried to not pay me my final wage claiming I was in breach of contract by not working my notice -they failed at a tribunal -they had breached the contract by not paying me money's owed.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:20 pm  

jools wrote:

I have some personal experience of this. Although this was some time ago. A previous employer of mine failed to pay some money's owed, I had found another position but they were insisting on me working my full notice-even though I was owed holiday time- they were insisting I could not take these holidays as part of my notice period. after taking legal advice I was told that as my previous employer had breached the terms of my contract I was able to leave without having to work my notice- which I did. They tried to not pay me my final wage claiming I was in breach of contract by not working my notice -they failed at a tribunal -they had breached the contract by not paying me money's owed.

You had a job

I had a similar situation, resulted in a trip to the small claims court and a settlement in my favour.

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:21 pm  

As I posted earlier, KL's solicitor Richard Cramer was on Radio Manchester yesterday and the exact term he used was "accepted a repudiatory breach" - that is he was claiming that the club had broken the terms of Locke's contract in such a serious manner as to end the contract.

Tuesday next is going to be interesting!!

Re: Locke gone! : Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:28 pm  

I trust Cramer all day long with his 25 plus years experience in RL players contracts when it comes to this issue, over Koukash and his 2 year experience as an owner.