Seemingly major problem at work...

School will try and get total closure on the incident, a member of staff at my school was suspended over an incident and we didnt see him for a couple of months - that turned out to be a false accusation from a pupil; in any case you should definately join Unison as this is likely to drag on.
 
This does really suck man, but to be honest, if you honestly haven't done anything wrong, they've obviously got the wrong person and you have nothing to worry about. However, as the others have said, if its your word against a pupils'...

This is why I am not a fan of children of all ages :p
 
TBH until you hear anything, just kick back and try and relax, it's not like fretting will do anything, perhaps jot down a few notes about the timing and what has been said so far while it's fresh in your mind and then enjoy the 'holiday' - you're getting paid still after all :p
 
Affliction said:
I seriously doubt they can prevent you working in a school again from a proven false accusation.
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Unfortunately, there is a large grey area between proven true and proven false. To prove an allegation false, you have to be able to demonstrate, categorically, that it did not occur. Simply not being able to prove it true does not automatically turn it into a false accusation.
 
Dolph said:
No, it is perfectly acceptable to suspend an employee without covering off the reasons for it straight away. The reason for this is to prevent issues with any subsequent investigations etc. You also do not get a right to defend or explain yourself, as suspension is normally done pending full investigation/disciplinary action, and until investigation is complete, there may not be a case to answer.

Suspension from work is not a judgement or a negative mark, but a necessary part of complaint investigation for the safety and fairness of all parties involved.
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Dolph is absolutely correct, and the suspected offence can be absolutely anything as well, it may not be anything you see as a major or serious incident. You can be suspended immediately and you cannot do anything about it. I have seen people simply escorted off the premises and suspended with little more than a few words exchanged.

I believe if you call work you will be told they cannot discuss it with you and they will refer you to your HR department. Don't take that bit as gospel though.
 
leicrao1 said:
Friend's mother works in a care home and was suspended on full pay for over two years without ever knowing what someone had accused her of, let alone mounting a defence.
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Wait....2 years full paid suspension?!? I'm in the wrong job! I need to work in a care home touching up old senile women... :eek:;)
 
Dolph said:
Suspension from work is not a judgement or a negative mark, but a necessary part of complaint investigation for the safety and fairness of all parties involved.
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Thats simply not correct, its not fair nor safe for the person accused in this situation.

Lets say a kid has been molested by his dad, gets upside, theres evidence, blames random guy at school. The mother tells a half dozen people and they confront him, call him a kiddy fiddler and some local chavs spot him after a night out and attack him thinking he's a paedo.

What if the kid is going around all his mates at school, while the investigation is being conducted, having them make up all kinds of crap. Theres no "fairness" in one side knowing what the problem is while ANYTHING can be happening, and the other side knowing sweet FA except they aren't allowed to talk to anyone at the in this case, school about it.

This is what gets me so down about work, the fact that at any time no matter who knows me and how well they know me at work, if someone decides to screw me, accuse me, do anything all of that goes out the window. Even if absolved completely you can be sure some people will always remember and think about it every time you do anything.

In my humble opinion throwing you out without telling you anything about whats going on is truly ridiculous.

Frankly i'd prefer to live in the world where the odd mistake does happen but not everyone is victimised in an attempt to stop every last mistake/problem/possibility happening. Why, because no matter how stupidly you act in these situations you still can't prevent bad things happening, you still can't stop the real peado's doing harm, you're just harming innocent people and making everyones life worse, while the kid who really gets molested doesn't get help, because everyones too busy looking into the falsely accused to notice the other guy whose actually guilty.

Look how many people just in this thread have been pretty badly effected, and non were guilty, I know plenty of people that have been treated like utter crap for various reasons like a slightly OTT joke, or a minor mistake at work. Yet theres so many people who are bad, or truly deserve firing that never get caught/fired it just makes a mockery of all these procedures.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Thats simply not correct, its not fair nor safe for the person accused in this situation.
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In terms of employment law, it is exactly correct, which is what really matters in terms of what they can and can't do.

Lets say a kid has been molested by his dad, gets upside, theres evidence, blames random guy at school. The mother tells a half dozen people and they confront him, call him a kiddy fiddler and some local chavs spot him after a night out and attack him thinking he's a paedo.

What if the kid is going around all his mates at school, while the investigation is being conducted, having them make up all kinds of crap. Theres no "fairness" in one side knowing what the problem is while ANYTHING can be happening, and the other side knowing sweet FA except they aren't allowed to talk to anyone at the in this case, school about it.

This is what gets me so down about work, the fact that at any time no matter who knows me and how well they know me at work, if someone decides to screw me, accuse me, do anything all of that goes out the window. Even if absolved completely you can be sure some people will always remember and think about it every time you do anything.

In my humble opinion throwing you out without telling you anything about whats going on is truly ridiculous.
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Well, it's probably a good job your opinion doesn't count for anything then, and that we have no idea what the cause of this issue is, there are a great many reasons that could result in suspension from work, deciding randomly that it probably involves an allegation of kiddy fiddling, then basing your entire criticism of the situation around that is a strawman.

Frankly i'd prefer to live in the world where the odd mistake does happen but not everyone is victimised in an attempt to stop every last mistake/problem/possibility happening. Why, because no matter how stupidly you act in these situations you still can't prevent bad things happening, you still can't stop the real peado's doing harm, you're just harming innocent people and making everyones life worse, while the kid who really gets molested doesn't get help, because everyones too busy looking into the falsely accused to notice the other guy whose actually guilty.
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Irrelevant and based on conjecture and supposition as to the nature of the event.

Look how many people just in this thread have been pretty badly effected, and non were guilty, I know plenty of people that have been treated like utter crap for various reasons like a slightly OTT joke, or a minor mistake at work. Yet theres so many people who are bad, or truly deserve firing that never get caught/fired it just makes a mockery of all these procedures.
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Strange, I watch lots of people have their employment terminated, and it is pretty much always justified. I also watch lots of people retain their employment when others think they should go, and there's pretty much always a good reason for that too...
 
Good luck with it all...

I would have probably stayed and argued to find out what it was to be honest, not sure how far I would have got.

Had a friend go through this when she worked at a school, accussed of hitting a kid, she didn't (little sod needed though...) and it took months to get sorted, in the end she left.
 
I work in a college and have heard stories of students fabricating lies for one reason or another, another member of support staff in a different department was a victim of this and almost lost her job, not sure why these students had it in for her.

Maybe something like this has happened to you for whatever reason.

I get noticed by students if I'm out in town sometimes and it can be quite annoying. Some are allright and friendly but others get really cocky and take the ****, hoping for a reaction.
 
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