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Just came across this thread those of you who have worked with Quinn for a while what are your opinions? Was thinking of going for a job with them myself. Feel free to private mail me your opinions.

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nls

Can anyone tell me if Quinn Direct pays their employees maternity leave?

K-town

nls wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if Quinn Direct pays their employees maternity leave?

that depends where the employee works NI or ROI, NI employees come under UK legislation :-http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/WorkAndFamilies/Pregnancyandmaternityrights/index.htm

ROI employees:-
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/AParent.aspx

maternity rights will also be written in the employees handbook.

the simple answer is depending upon how long an employee has worked for a company will tell them what maternity rights and maternity pay they are entitled to, otherwise you will be reliant upon statutory payments

SIX PACK

A few facts about the Entrepreneur
Seán Quinn (born 5 December, 1947) from Derrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and, as of 2008, the richest person in Ireland. He was born 5 December 1947, the son of a small farmer, and left school at 14 years of age.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 estimated his personal worth to be €4.722 billion or £3.73 billion, thereby making him the richest person in Ireland. Forbes magazine's 2008 Rich List listed him again as the richest person in Ireland, His net worth as of February 2008 was estimated at $6.0 billion - or approximately £3.084 billion :eek:.

In November 2005 the Quinn Group, which is privately owned by the Quinn family, was elsewhere estimated to be worth between €4 billion and €5 billion. The Quinn Group is widely acknowledged as the largest and most profitable privately owned company in Ireland. In 2006 the Quinn Group made a pre-tax profit for the year of £430 m (€632 m):eek:. He is married to Patricia and they have five children, Seán, Colette, Ciara, Aoife and Brenda.
Quinns Motto- we will insure you but dont come running back to us if you are in an accident :mad: profit profit profit

greendom

catyb20 wrote: »

Hey,



oh you don't get paid for sick days and its 20 days hols!

No sick pay for an insurance company - that's a bit ironic isn't it?

eth0_

greendom wrote: »

No sick pay for an insurance company - that's a bit ironic isn't it?

I think you need to check the dictionary definition of "irony".

greendom

eth0_ wrote: »

I think you need to check the dictionary definition of "irony".

Ok if not ironic, then contradictory

eth0_

greendom wrote: »

Ok if not ironic, then contradictory

It's not contradictory?

January

Employers aren't legally obliged to pay you sick leave as you are able to claim this from the Social Welfare. Some employers top up your sick leave to what you usually earn, but it's not compulsory. So it's not contradictive or ironic...

jdivision

SIX PACK wrote: »

A few facts about the Entrepreneur
Seán Quinn (born 5 December, 1947) from Derrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and, as of 2008, the richest person in Ireland. He was born 5 December 1947, the son of a small farmer, and left school at 14 years of age.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 estimated his personal worth to be €4.722 billion or £3.73 billion, thereby making him the richest person in Ireland. Forbes magazine's 2008 Rich List listed him again as the richest person in Ireland, His net worth as of February 2008 was estimated at $6.0 billion - or approximately £3.084 billion :eek:.

In November 2005 the Quinn Group, which is privately owned by the Quinn family, was elsewhere estimated to be worth between €4 billion and €5 billion. The Quinn Group is widely acknowledged as the largest and most profitable privately owned company in Ireland. In 2006 the Quinn Group made a pre-tax profit for the year of £430 m (€632 m):eek:. He is married to Patricia and they have five children, Seán, Colette, Ciara, Aoife and Brenda.
Quinns Motto- we will insure you but dont come running back to us if you are in an accident :mad: profit profit profit

Amazing it doesn't mention about his big losses from Anglo and the way they had to put the Golden Circle put together to buy some of his stake...

greendom

adrieanne__x wrote: »

Employers aren't legally obliged to pay you sick leave as you are able to claim this from the Social Welfare. Some employers top up your sick leave to what you usually earn, but it's not compulsory. So it's not contradictive or ironic...

Well, generally the better employers will pay sick leave - and I thought an insurance company = a company that sells policies to cover people for the unexpected would cover it's own employees for such an eventuality.

OK not ironic, not contradicatory - just a little odd maybe

eth0_

greendom wrote: »

Well, generally the better employers will pay sick leave - and I thought an insurance company = a company that sells policies to cover people for the unexpected would cover it's own employees for such an eventuality.

OK not ironic, not contradicatory - just a little odd maybe

Usually companies take away sick pay "benefits" because their employee's have been taking the p1ss. And it sounds like Quinn is the sort of place where you would want to pull a sickie quite a lot!

greendom

eth0_ wrote: »

Usually companies take away sick pay "benefits" because their employee's have been taking the p1ss. And it sounds like Quinn is the sort of place where you would want to pull a sickie quite a lot!

Oh I hadn't heard that - not a nice place to work then?

Deirdre Davis

Hi all, I am a newly qualified solicitor and have an interview with quinn in blanchardstown for a position as a claim handler - does anyone know what they're like to work for and what salary i can expect - <email removed>

donkey balls

eth0_ wrote: »

Usually companies take away sick pay "benefits" because their employee's have been taking the p1ss. And it sounds like Quinn is the sort of place where you would want to pull a sickie quite a lot!

i worked for a large blue chip for the best part of 10 years i was sick once out for nearly 3 months got paid my full wage including shift.
now pulling sickies on a regular basis in this company was frowned upon and monitored closely there was a handfull that took the piss but were weeded out.
now due to the lenght of my service i could have been out for a full year on full pay when i left and went to OZ and came back a few years later and started in another company i was shocked that some did not pay sick pay and the ones that did paid 3-5 days.