help. Xmas do... suspected of doing DRUGS!!!!!!

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rupee99 wrote: »

If you report the events of the hearing accurately (I am not saying you are hiding anything merely that one rarely has perfect recall especially where there is a considerable amount of emotional pressure) you are entitled to write the following to your employer.

"I attended a disciplinary meeting on 2 February to answer questions on my conduct late in the evening of .. December 2009, since that time I have been suspended.

At the meeting one of the matters, with regard to drug use, was dropped and the company failed to provide any credible evidence with regard to "unacceptable behaviour."

The company and its employees have defamed me in respect of the former and have failed to provide any evidence of locus with regard to the other matter that occurred in a public place long after the end of a function.

I demand that this matter be ended forthwith and that you issue an apology, furthermore appropriate action should now be taken against a senior manager within the company who publicly accused me of committing a criminal offence.

Failure to respond to these demands within 48 hours will lead to me commencing legal action against the company and individuals concerned."

That'd be well cool !!!!

smartpicture

Whilst the letter is excellent, I would be very wary of the final paragraph which threatens legal action within 48 hours. Since the OP appears to have no solicitor on board at present to enforce this, it will weaken his hand to make ultimatums like this that he will not be carrying out.

robredz

Rupee I agree with you here, 100% as the whole thing has turned into a farce , going back to investigate further, re-interviewing, it should have been settled yesterday imho.

robredz

smartpicture wrote: »

Whilst the letter is excellent, I would be very wary of the final paragraph which threatens legal action within 48 hours. Since the OP appears to have no solicitor on board at present to enforce this, it will weaken his hand to make ultimatums like this that he will not be carrying out.

But if he follows rupee's advice, they are not to know that a solicitor isn't involved yet, even this bunch of incompetents that make up the HR dept should call a halt on receipt of this type of letter , as they have been acting in an entirely inappropriate manner, they would surely assume a solicitors intervention would soon follow.

BligBlag

I like rupee99's idea, the worse that can happen is they say they're going ahead and re-interviewing regardless of your letter, and it's a good idea to CC the letter to the HR Manager (especially if they're not directly involved in the case) and also the MD.

But I wouldn't add the 48 hours part unless you're willing to follow the threat through and seek legal advice.

catflea

My understanding is that Rupee IS a solicitor - which makes her (FREE!!!) advice all the more worthwhile :beer:

robredz

catflea wrote: »

My understanding is that Rupee IS a solicitor - which makes her (FREE!!!) advice all the more worthwhile :beer:

That is exactly the point, and is discernible from the wording of the proposed letter rupee's advice is indeed golden. :beer:

gwinnie

smartpicture wrote: »

Whilst the letter is excellent, I would be very wary of the final paragraph which threatens legal action within 48 hours. Since the OP appears to have no solicitor on board at present to enforce this, it will weaken his hand to make ultimatums like this that he will not be carrying out.

No it doesn't. It warns that the company has 48 hours to respond. The legal action will start after that. And there is no time limit given over the legal action itself.

Savvy_Sue

Please remember that anyone can claim to be anything on this board, and therefore the free advice you may get here cannot be 'relied on' in any legal sense. I'm not questioning anyone's credentials, nor suggesting that the advice isn't sound, BUT you won't be able to sue anyone here if their advice turns out to be less than sound.

robredz

Well put Savvy_Sue, but if the advice can point an OP in the right direction and revive flagging spirits I feel that is OK, as any OP should check out the validity of any advice before using it, and ignore the most vitriolic spiteful posts imho.