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09 December 2016 | Updated 01 January 1970

This week saw TC Facilities Management start playing a part in providing cleaning to an on-line retailer to help them achieve speedy grocery deliveries from their London distribution centre. but also land themselves in the Red Tops over a story where young woman claimed she was offered a job only to have it refused because she is preggers.

The contract started on December 8. Charlotte Mudge is the TCFM Account Manager who says the company will be able to apply its previous knowledge in distribution centre's - Click Here for more details.

Steve Wengrow, Divisional Director, TCFM commented:

“We will bring our experience to enable this client to maintain and build upon their good onsite Health & Safety Record by keeping floor space clean and clear of potential risks.”

In the Mirror and Current Bun

TCFM may not agree that the only bad publicity is no publicity having featured in both the Mirror and the Sun when twenty year old Holly Holden managed to get coverage after she claims she went for an interview to be a cleaner on a Morrisons Supermarket contract; was offered the job; only for it to be snatched back when an area manager intervened. To make things worse, Holly, who has given up her University studies whilst preparing to be a mum, says she didn't even get a phonecall - just a message on Facebook telling her she'd been dumped.

The Shop Workers Union are quoted in both Red Tops as saying that pregnancy discrimination laws may have been broken.

A TCFM spokesperson said: "TCFM employs 6,500 staff and this incident does not represent the adherence to our anti-discrimination policy that is in place and our demonstrated commitment to pregnant women in particular. We are concerned to learn about the distress this has caused to the individual and are therefore fully investigating the incident."

According to The Mirror, a Morrisons spokesperson said: "We expect all our suppliers to abide by employment law and were therefore deeply concerned when this allegation against our cleaning contractor was brought to our attention."

Picture: Good news - TCFM will be cleaning at a grocery distribution centre

Article written by Cathryn Ellis | Published 09 December 2016

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