So... had the follow up meeting yesterday, now suspended on full pay..
Follow up meeting later this week to discuss additional concerns raised by my absence...
Have a browse through this to see what is legally required for dismissal or warnings....
Hope you get a break and come back stronger...
https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/redundancies-dismissals
Finally it's over...
I have been dismissed, off down the job centre then off to seek legal advice.
Own them.
Own them.
That would be my intention.
Did you see a Solicitor? If not, now is the time in preparation for your Employment Tribunal. You should start with a letter from your Solicitor though in response to whatever the employer sends you. Companies mostly settle before it gets to ET. I'm assuming you want out with a decent golden boot BTW.
Unless you have two written warnings, and you are bing straight up with us, then what has happened wasn't "gross misconduct". Hitting someone, vebally abusing, bullying , racist behaviour is gross misconduct.
Dig out your contract now , and read throught it. If you were really working 10 hours with only a 30 minutes break, then take them to court.
But you have to be honest about you role in this. Was this mis-ordering the only reason.
Go for unfair dismissal - you will win the case and they will probably want to settle out of court.
BTW, if you were having to work all these hours, what are they going to do now they have got rid of you?
As they told me when I went back for my meetings, they've had people working til very late at night... & having to cancel days off.
Good luck. Sometimes companies/organisations are just crap and so crap the normal rules (logic, gravity) get lost in weird organisational cultures. It's important to remember that sometimes everyone else can be wrong and you can be right. You are out which is part of the answer, no take the above advice and get some expert advice. After 17yrs it might be hard to see but other companies are out there with different cultures.
Ps sounds like you've been made the scapegoat for a systems failure to me.
That would be my intention.
Good man, and good luck, hope it works out for you. 🙂
And don't sign anything until you have taken legal advice
As they told me when I went back for my meetings, they've had people working til very late at night... & having to cancel days off.
There is so much wrong with that logic. If not bs. They can't have it both ways. You can't be so important the organisation and sackable at same time. And anyway that's their management issue, they can't drive you out with stress and then blame you for the implications. How they maintained morale and productivity whilst you were there is their lookout.
It's important to remember that sometimes everyone else can be wrong and you can be right.
Not to mention people above you are culpable too and they can and will attempt to make scapegoats so that the big questions about their own conduct cannot be fully answered. I went through this and could have sued my employer on intimidation, harrasement, bullying and out right lying, but I thought that they were such a bunch of ****ers I'd take the money and go. Their policy was not to go to ET as it would cost a min £11K in Fees and they would inevitably end up paying out something on top in my case a min 3 months salary.
Good luck my friend.
As they told me when I went back for my meetings, they've had people working til very late at night... & having to cancel days off.
that's their problem, not yours. If they're so badly organised that they don't have cover in their buying department for the inevitable holidays & illnesses then I think you're better off out. Now go see that lawyer
Any updates on this PrinceJohn? How you're doing well.
Would this be the print industry you have just been dismissed from by any chance.
