suspended from work pending investigation

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scousegit

scousegit

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Hi, was wondering if anyone was legally minded in employment law here by any chance?


basically I and a colleague have been suspended pending an investigation, we have both not been told what this investigation or suspension is based on. We work in a 3 man team and yet have not suspended the third member of the team. I think they said they were looking at the dept as a whole, and have yet have not suspended the other person? Our Pc's have been taken away to be checked aswell apparently.


I have spoken to a solicitor, and will be joining a union today, as were I work they don't allow unions. They can not stop this rep comming with me tho to any hearings.


any info or advice is appreciated.
 
Basically he got offered a 'leave and have a clean record or get sacked' option (he was still on his 6 month probation).

What type of company/place do you work in?

Have you had dodgy stuff stored on your laptop at all? Abused the IT policy?
 
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anticonscience said:
Basically he got offered a 'leave and have a clean record or get sacked' option.

What type of company/place do you work in?

Have you had dodgy stuff stored on your laptop at all? Abused the IT policy?
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Wow I'm surprised they were allowed to offer him that sort of ultimatum although I doubt there was much he could have done. Poor chap.
 
To take your pc away sounds very suspicious to me. Hope you haven't been using the pc for looking or downloading anything against company policy!
 
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Draeger said:
Completely illegal.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/TradeUnions/DG_10027560

I believe that other thread a few days ago was closed/moved though.
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The word is probably recognise, not allow. It's perfectly fine not to recognise a particular workplace union, but that doesn't diminish the worker's rights to join/use the services of one.

Anyway, what you should be doing now is getting a copy of - and studying - your employers disciplinary procedure. Then you'd know what will be happening next.
 
Moses99p said:
Well, that's awful :\.
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Why is it awful? To be offered something like that means that there are evidence against him, no? Otherwise he could have taken them to a tribunal for unfair dismissal. So what is awful is the fact that he wasn't sacked (since there seems to have been evidence) and was given a clean slate.
 
Well considering they thought his contact with the sixth formers was inapporpriate and that if he left he would have a clean slate, and if he was sacked it would go on his record as being sacked for inappropriate contact with a pupil, I think he took the right option of leaving with a clean record.

I do think though they were over the top of bringing up his friendship with sixth formers considering the original alligation was not this (although it could be understood how they decided to carry out damage limitation by deciding to give him the push).
 
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Moses99p said:
No, I'd say it means they had their suspicions, but had nothing that was in any way provable.
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If it was not provable then the person in question should have not accepted a dismissal and take them to a tribunal. Correct? Otherwise why would he accept it? no one can dismiss you on suspicion alone.
 
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