Help, accused of theft at work.

jennyjelly

custardy wrote: »

My understanding(limited!) is they need to name this person

They have refused and say they don't have to unless it comes to a disciplinary.

custardy

jennyjelly wrote: »

They have refused and say they don't have to unless it comes to a disciplinary.

Well if it it doesnt go to that then its a pointless exercise on their behalf
so if they refuse to name them,then its going nowhere

jennyjelly

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

Still this ^

I don't think anyone actually say him taking the plugs, just that some were on his bench and the ones in the car apparently weren't changed. If anyone did see him take them home that's ok as he can prove they were ones he bought from the parts dept (by credit card thank goodness).

No CCTV in the workshop.

spacey2012

jennyjelly wrote: »

Should he do this straight away? Wouldn't if be better to wait and see if it comes to anything?

It may come to instant dismissal for gross misconduct on the spot, so getting one in and on record gives you a fighting chance at a tribunal.

elsien

If it does come to disciplinary, he would have the right to see any statements against him before any hearing.
As a rule, I'd say contact Unite straight away. However as they sometimes want a qualifying period before they get involved, it might be worth his while phoning the regional office or national contact number, explaining he wasn't aware of his rights re joining a union and hope he gets someone sympathetic.

jennyjelly

He is ringing the union tomorrow to see if they are able to help, and our job tomorrow night is to put a grievance together.

Don't feel so alone and worried now thanks to the fantastic helpful people on here.

jennyjelly

custardy wrote: »

Well if it it doesnt go to that then its a pointless exercise on their behalf
so if they refuse to name them,then its going nowhere

Personally I don't think they have a leg to stand on and it will all be a waste of time and worry. On they other hand we have to take it seriously just in case ...

Funky_Bold_Ribena

jennyjelly wrote: »

I don't think anyone actually say him taking the plugs, just that some were on his bench and the ones in the car apparently weren't changed. If anyone did see him take them home that's ok as he can prove they were ones he bought from the parts dept (by credit card thank goodness).

No CCTV in the workshop.

When did this happen?
Has he still got the packaging from the ones that did go on the car?

jennyjelly

Happened at the end of May apparently.
The packaging won't help as they use hundreds of spark plugs in the workshop every day and the boxes all go in the bin, so anyone could pick up as many as they wanted and having them is no proof of anything.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

So why suddenly has this been brought up now? Has anything happened at work outside of this event?