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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin turned 63 today, and to celebrate, played ice hockey with NHL stars, and against Russian officials and tycoons.
Incredibly, he managed to score seven goals as his star-studded team, which included NHL legends Vyacheslav Fetisov and Pavel Bure, won the game 15-10.
The opposing team included Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as well as Putin’s close friends — tycoons Gennady Timchenko and Arkady Rotenberg.
Putin was given a trophy for his team’s win at the end of the game and a medal for his contribution to ice hockey in Russia.
The Russian President is well-known for his self-publicising athleticism over the years.
In August, the Kremlin released photos of him pumping iron with Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev.
Putin is also a long-time judo enthusiast, and has famously been photographed bare-chested on horseback as well as swimming the butterfly in a Siberian river.
Contains reporting by the Associated Press
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If you are being threatened in the workplace or any other place, report them to gardai, if you get the lack of evidence reply, write up a civil proceedings charge.
Predator behaviour needs to be held accountable.
Their past history catches up, remember that warning
@Dean: The WRC won’t use voice recordings but yet will listen to them, tell the bullies that they were caught on the recordings and tell the victim how awful your experience was even in writing but yet they won’t use them. While the Gardaí would, I think. What use is the WRC when getting the Gardaí would mean less hassle in most cases?
@Dean: I suppose the best way is to report them to the Gardaí first and if there is a case then sue them in the case with emotional distress?
Improvements needed in paperwork in WRC – lost submissions and correspondence and incorrect recording and huge delays in judgements. Also system of applying for adjournments deeply flawed and one sided. Awards when they are made are reducing so for the few who manage to take a case and win, it is not worth it much of the time. Lots of legislation to protect workers but no legal aid to assist and as costs are not awarded in statutory employment cases have to pay your own costs even if you win. Makes taking a case impossible for most. Much of the trade union assistance is not up to standard.
Good.
Everyone should feel respected and secure in the workplace.
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