investigated for gross misconduct or resign.. what do i do?

Entertainer

Stick to your guns. I would love to see them try to stand up such a pathetic case as that at an industrial tribunal. They are trying a constructive dismissal on you.

droopsnout

Is there any more news on this, angchris?

lapat

as far as i can see they want to get rid of you so they dont have to pay you there redundancy package which i would bet is a month for every year you have worked there

and you can bet your life on it that its the jumped up managers who sat you down will be patted on the back if they can get rid of you for nil payment

Joolsey_2

Hi,

I'm aware that you may have sorted this by now & like some of the others here would like to know how you got on but just in case its still going on I'd like to make a few comments/pointers as I have been in a similar situation albeit I could prove I had done nothing wrong:
firstly NEVER admit any liability - you acted in good faith at the checkout & admiting to anything just gives the company ammunition to use against you.
The company in question is immediately in the wrong by law if the meeting was part of a disciplinary & they did not give you written notice to attend with a witness of your choice - a solicitor would have a field day with that one.
Also, with regard to your co-workers, if it was the norm to use a supervisors code they cannot be disciplined for what would in law be deemed to be a "common practice". They should treat it as a training issue & give notice (usually in writing) that the process has changed & that anyone continuing to do so could face disciplinary action.
My advise if you havent already done so is ring ACAS & if you get nowhere with them ring round your local solicitors. Many of them will see you for 30 minutes free of charge & may even write a letter to your employers for a nominal fee. Def worth trying as this will show the co that you mean business & they will have to start playing by the rules so that they dont get into serious hot water. The fact that they are obviousl trying to get rid of staff en mass would also go against them in a tribunal & I personally think that getting together with all the others that have called in & asked to resign would prove to be a strong case.
I must say also that I have lost count of how many times I have gone into a shop & found that the price on an item is incorrect, either found to be cheeper or indeed more expensive. You would have to consult a solicitor for a difinitive answer but I really think that unless you have admitted anything their case against you wouldn't stand up in a court of law.
Hope this helps & that you keep fighting no matter what they try to scare you with. You did nothing wrong as far as the majority of people on this thread seem to think, so stick to your guns.

Joolsey x

Joolsey_2

Can I also say that anyone criticising for lack of grammer/punctuation etc is totally missing the point of this whole web site & I sincerely hope that if they ask for help in the future that they will be treated with rather more sympathy.