Quick query

Adam

Hi guys,

New to the forum, so I appreciate any advice given in this thread.

My question to you is this: If an employee has applied for a mortgage, and you have filled out forms and taken a phone call from the finance institution with regard to said employee's position within your company, and said employee takes it upon themselves to up and leave within the same week, should you call the finance institution in question and inform them of this change, considering you have been in contact with them initially to confirm the employee's financial situation and position within the company?

Thanks in advance!

Adam

boomer_ie

Mirror wrote: »

Hi guys,

New to the forum, so I appreciate any advice given in this thread.

My question to you is this: If an employee has applied for a mortgage, and you have filled out forms and taken a phone call from the finance institution with regard to said employee's position within your company, and said employee takes it upon themselves to up and leave within the same week, should you call the finance institution in question and inform them of this change, considering you have been in contact with them initially to confirm the employee's financial situation and position within the company?

Thanks in advance!

Adam

I dont think there is a legal onus on you to do so since what you stated to the Finance Institution at the time was 100% correct and could be proven through timesheets etc.

It is entirely possible that they have moved to a new job although the timeing does indeed raise eyebrows

Adam

Aye, I suspected as much, but the manager went ahead with it anyway and got a pleasant thank you from the finance institution for the call.

Thanks for the response though

Jackz

Badness on the managers part there.

Afuera

Mirror wrote: »

Aye, I suspected as much, but the manager went ahead with it anyway and got a pleasant thank you from the finance institution for the call.

Very vindictive move by the manager there. I think we might be seeing a glimpse of why the employee may have upped and left in such a hurry.

If it negatively affects their mortgage application I would say they have a very strong case against the manager in question. There is no doubt that the intent of these actions is to cause emotional distress to the ex-employee.

Bob the Builder

I know of another case where it happened. Bank were notified, and became concerned that they may not recover their money, but they weren't able to act on the information. I'm not sure why though. There was no legal requirement for your company to do that, but it's a bit late now

Nev.

Adam

I see where you guys are coming from. But I assure you, there was nothing vindictive about it. The employee in question wasn't pulling their weight, and was sat down for a chat last friday. The manager was well within their rights to let this employee go, due to extreme lack of commitment, but simply said (paraphrasing)"here's what I'm seeing from you, I'm not very impressed but you're not gone yet, try and take this on board and we'll see how you do." And the employee neglected to show up or even call today. So the manager assumed the employee did not want the job any more.

The call was from the perspective that the intitution in question is very prominent in this country, and with possible dealings in the future the manager didn't want to be seen to have provided false information, considering how quickly it all happened.

Having said that, I see now that it wasn't the most informed decision, but no harm was meant.

Request the thread be locked if a mod stumbles by, before it get's anyway ugly. Still, I thank you all for your responses.