Sacked when partner imprisoned.

frilly_knickers

Reading your helpful replies has made me wonder if the head has taken this action because my niece knew what was going on.
I never actually thought about it before, but the car is owned by the partner, and they were both insured to drive.
His insurance became invalid when his licence was taken from him, yet she still continued to use the car, the insurance is still being paid, I think that she has now got it insured just for her use.
Clearly she knew of his actions, maybe the school think it's a matter of trust in the persons integrity.
The more I think about it the more I am concerned by her involvement. Maybe she should have reported him to the police herself if she knew, I don't know. It is a really difficult situation.

Takeaway_Addict

frilly_knickers wrote: »

Reading your helpful replies has made me wonder if the head has taken this action because my niece knew what was going on.
I never actually thought about it before, but the car is owned by the partner, and they were both insured to drive.
His insurance became invalid when his licence was taken from him, yet she still continued to use the car, the insurance is still being paid, I think that she has now got it insured just for her use.
Clearly she knew of his actions, maybe the school think it's a matter of trust in the persons integrity.
The more I think about it the more I am concerned by her involvement. Maybe she should have reported him to the police herself if she knew, I don't know. It is a really difficult situation.

Personally if it were me I would say

'You may have a case for unfair dismissal, I suggest you look at getting some proper advice from a solicitor'

And then stand well back and let her get on with it.

She may have legal cover on house insurance if she has it.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

frilly_knickers wrote: »

Reading your helpful replies has made me wonder if the head has taken this action because my niece knew what was going on.
I never actually thought about it before, but the car is owned by the partner, and they were both insured to drive.
His insurance became invalid when his licence was taken from him, yet she still continued to use the car, the insurance is still being paid, I think that she has now got it insured just for her use.
Clearly she knew of his actions, maybe the school think it's a matter of trust in the persons integrity.
The more I think about it the more I am concerned by her involvement. Maybe she should have reported him to the police herself if she knew, I don't know. It is a really difficult situation.

So...you have done what Lazy Daisy said then? As you only have 10 days in which to sort this without paying for it.

theoretica

Any employer who carry out CRB checks (or DB whatever they are called now) is required to have a policy on the rehabilitation of offenders/ what it will do if something comes up on one. This didn't come up on a CRB, but the policy might be useful ammunition - or if there isn't one, that would be useful ammunition too. The policy presumably doesn't say we won't let anyone on site who is suspected of maybe knowing someone was committing a motoring offence.

zzzLazyDaisy

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

So...you have done what Lazy Daisy said then? As you only have 10 days in which to sort this.

Just to be clear - she has three months to make a claim to the tribunal (start with last day of service, go forward three calendar months and back one day - that's the deadline, though tbh I would never leave it till the last day, or even the last week, as things can go wrong)

But if she wishes to avoid getting involved with fees and claiming for an exemption (and I would advise this if possible) then she should make sure the tribunal receives the claim by 4pm on 28th July at the latest

prowla

frilly_knickers wrote: »

Reading your helpful replies has made me wonder if the head has taken this action because my niece knew what was going on.
I never actually thought about it before, but the car is owned by the partner, and they were both insured to drive.
His insurance became invalid when his licence was taken from him, yet she still continued to use the car, the insurance is still being paid, I think that she has now got it insured just for her use.
Clearly she knew of his actions, maybe the school think it's a matter of trust in the persons integrity.
The more I think about it the more I am concerned by her involvement. Maybe she should have reported him to the police herself if she knew, I don't know. It is a really difficult situation.

That doesn't quite make sense then - if he was banned, then whether or not he was insured when/before/after the police stopped him is irrelevant.

prowla

jacques_chirac wrote: »

Playing devil's advocate - I wonder if the school have taken this action because they see the lady as being complicit in the offence, albeit not in a criminal sense, and hence have sufficient grounds to doubt her good character - breach of mutual trust and confidence? Given the repeated actions of the partner, and the likelihood that she was aware of what he was doing, I can (tentatively) see why they might have taken the action.

But the school can't appoint itself as a kangaroo court and try and sentence her for something of which they do not know the facts.

Seems to me like they are treading on thin ice there.

antrobus

ValHaller wrote: »

Equally, your user name is the name of a french man. You should be sacked for eating snails. It's called guilt by association.

It's worse than that! The real Jacques Chirac was guilty of diverting public funds and abusing public trust.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16194089

Voyager2002

frilly_knickers wrote: »

Reading your helpful replies has made me wonder if the head has taken this action because my niece knew what was going on.
I never actually thought about it before, but the car is owned by the partner, and they were both insured to drive.
His insurance became invalid when his licence was taken from him, yet she still continued to use the car, the insurance is still being paid, I think that she has now got it insured just for her use.
Clearly she knew of his actions, maybe the school think it's a matter of trust in the persons integrity.
The more I think about it the more I am concerned by her involvement. Maybe she should have reported him to the police herself if she knew, I don't know. It is a really difficult situation.

Whether this is the case or not, the school did not have a valid reason for dismissing her. As others have said, she needs to get some kind of legal advice and submit a claim for unfair dismissal this week.