Unfair Dismissal & Discrimination

Rockporkchop

vindicated wrote: »

I'm just trying to rack my brains on how I can get the time bar lifted so that my case is heard; the company have ruined my life.

The company have not ruined your life. You are ruining your own life by allowing a past incident to eat you up inside like this. Just draw a line under it all - starting today. Stick two fingers up to your old firm and the people in it by making a big success of your life. People can only make you feel like this if you allow them to.

I wish you well.

Horace

I very much doubt that you will get the time bar lifted - you are out of time for bringing an Employment Tribunal case against your employer, time bars are there for a reason otherwise the Tribunal would be inundated with cases for slighted employees who may feel that after 10 years or whatever that they feel aggrieved by their treatment at the hands of their employer.

There are two issues here - you also did not follow your employer's procedure and did not attend informal meetings to discuss your illness, the purpose of these meetings is to ascertain whether or not you are able to do your job and when you are likely to return to work - unfortunately, you denied your employer this. The other issue is the death threats from an ex colleague - if these are continuing then you should contact the police.

As for suing your ex employer - you are out of time. You need to move on from this and look forward and not backwards to the past. What is done is done. It is best to learn from your mistakes (yes, you are partly at fault for not following procedures) and move on to better things.

No employer will pat you on the head and say there there after a split with a husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend or even if the pet dies. That is not discrimination that's life.

The only person ruining your life is you with your need for revenge - instead of wallowing in self pity then you need to think about how you can move forward to something better and see it as a way of sticking two fingers up at the ex employer. Only you can make this happen, start off with a bit of voluntary work to get your confidence back and go for it - life is far too short.

Good luck.