Raising a formal grievance about boss... to boss

Dimey

Rotten luck Frikkadel.

But that is an old error and you reported it as soon as you realised. Surely you couldn't be reprimanded again now - it was dealt with at the time.

Your boss was the person who decided to do nothing at the time. Do you have any proof you told your boss and what he decided? E-mails? Might be worth a look in case you need to show it. Or did anyone else witness your bosses instruction?

Keep your head down. This may blow over.
Can you do something really good ? A bit of praise right now might offset the HMRC situation :-)

Frikkadel

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moneypuddle

I think its down to their discretion Frikkadel so fingers crossed for you.

This is in no way helpful but just in case you're feeling alone ... I could have written your post myself. I too have returned from maternity leave to a very awkward working atmosphere (seriously the most miserable month of my life!), so you're not the only one going through it. Have you looked for other jobs? Is there much around in your field?

Savvy_Sue

I'd take a look at the ACAS site, but ...

if it's an investigation on Friday, then this is probably enough notice: they should be trying to find out what happened.

Only after that should it go to disciplinary action. At which point your letter should say what the result might be, and state your right to be accompanied by a TU official or a colleague. And before that you should know what the 'charges' are and have reasonable time to prepare to refute them.

But I wouldn't rush to point any of this out to them: if they dismiss you on Friday, it could be automatically unfair because they haven't followed the right process.

Although I'd like to have the above confirmed by someone like zzzLazyDaisy ...

Frikkadel

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Savvy_Sue

I think the point is that if an investigation has been held, you need to be given the results, in good time to refute / prepare a defence before any resulting disciplinary.

Now, the good news is that you know what this is about, and you know what actually happened, and you know you told your boss.

Can you prove that? I hope you've got time to print off any emails from the time before you go into the meeting ... or notes of meetings. If not, at the very least write down whatever details you can remember, especially those you can prove.

You might want to forward those emails off site, if that's not a breach of client confidentiality. I'd put a hard copy of whatever you can find and print in the post to yourself, you may not be allowed to leave with it if they are absolutely gunning for you.

Savvy_Sue

So, how did it go?