30 years service and forced to resign

borders_dude

timmmers wrote: »

Being accused of a theft you didn't do, your name blackened and all future work made really hard to find ...that's not a loaded gun??

I was taling preverbally not literally!

:rolleyes:

ceebeeby

The poor man - that's absolutely awful!

As well as all the other employment suggestions being given, as the OP is a police officer, is there some form of bullying / harrassment going on that could warrant a uniformed visit to the garage under the guise of investigating the incident - or is this purely civil?

I so hope things work out for this poor man - who after all, must only be what, late forties, early fifties ... shocking!

ceebeeby

Oooh, oooh, I think I've got it. Could the OP investigate the alleged theft, as that might come under criminal, and then tell garage person, no theft???

Horace

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DVardysShadow

ceebeeby wrote: »

The poor man - that's absolutely awful!

As well as all the other employment suggestions being given, as the OP is a police officer, is there some form of bullying / harrassment going on that could warrant a uniformed visit to the garage under the guise of investigating the incident - or is this purely civil?

ceebeeby wrote: »

Oooh, oooh, I think I've got it. Could the OP investigate the alleged theft, as that might come under criminal, and then tell garage person, no theft???

That is plain barmy. OP going in uniform for a private matter. OP would rightly be sacked.

olias

And it would seriously jepordise any tribunal the man has! Silly idea.

Olias

Anihilator

To add though gettting permission to borrow something after the fact has limited use.

Has he asked the employer if they will let him go back. It may be now that employer knows the other party was happy it wasnt theft they will let him withdraw the resignation.

N9eav

ceebeeby wrote: »

Oooh, oooh, I think I've got it. Could the OP investigate the alleged theft, as that might come under criminal, and then tell garage person, no theft???

There is no theft or loser, never was. It was a contrived offence that served the purpose of forcing the person to resign. There is no doubt some personality issues or something else exists, as why would you not readily sort the matter out so that a long serving employee can return to work.
When you give 30 years of your life to a local business and they treat you like that would you want to beg your job back?
The only reason to rescind the resignation is to do what Lazy Daisy said..... and then to try and take them to the cleaners

zzzLazyDaisy

Anihilator wrote: »

To add though gettting permission to borrow something after the fact has limited use..

That's true - but if it was the case that these two workmates had an understanding that they could borrow each others tools, and had done from time to time, then he might reasonably believe that he already had permission. The workmate has confirmed that he had permission to borrow the tool, and that as far as he was concerned there was no theft.

In any event the 'resign or be sacked' tactic, is always going to land the employer in hot water (provided the tribunal believes that's what happenned) because it is up to the employer to carry out a thorough investigation and come to a fair and reasonable decision based on the facts of that investigation. Otherwise the dismissal is likely to be unfair on procedural grounds.

Trying to get round this by forcing the employee to resign just doesn't work because the law views that as a dismissal by the employer, so it is a risky strategy for an employer - hence the need to get the facts down on paper in a letter to the employer, and see how they respond (their letter in reply might help OP's friend, depening what it says).

DVardysShadow

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

The workmate has confirmed that he had permission to borrow the tool, and that as far as he was concerned there was no theft.

And for me that absolutely trumps anything the employer says.