Large Company - Written Attendance Warning

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sparkovic wrote: »

I have various examples of people within my wider team (not necessarily with this particular manager) where no warning has been given (E.g. physical illness, operations, multiple absences within a rolling 12 month period and also work related stress).

Does it matter how other people were treated? The company will treat people individually. It may be that the other people who were not given warnings are valued more than you. It may be that they were given warnings, but want to keep it private.

The company should have policies and procedures to follow, however I believe they will treat each case on a case by case basis. I would not worry about how other people were treated. Sorry if that sounds harsh. Just trying to help. I am no expert.

Takeaway_Addict

sparkovic wrote: »

I think joining a union would be a good idea going forward but I don't think they would be able to help with this "past" issue.

Rightly or wrongly I am finding it difficult to accept the inconsistency of my treatment. As a large organisation we are inundated with communications on how our managers are there to help and support with mental health issues but this was not my experience.

It has been recently been brought back into focus for myself when one of my colleagues who was also off with work related stress could not deal with how his return to work was dealt with and has resigned (this is someone in a well paid job with 2 young children with no other job to go to).

Wrongly...get over it or move.

scd3scd4

Normally the warnings are for 6-12 months so if since then you have not had multiple sicknesses in a rolling year then I don't see the issue. Plus I assume you still had a final written to go anyway.


Forget it.

Energize

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

That's the only thing that's worth asking about. How someone else was treated is not relevant to your situation. How you think others were treated is not relevant to your situation.

One the contrary if others are being treated differently for the same amount of absence it does imply disability discrimination.

TELLIT01

Energize wrote: »

One the contrary if others are being treated differently for the same amount of absence it does imply disability discrimination.

IF others are being treated differently.... I very much doubt the OP has access to the personnel files for others who have been off sick, so won't be in a position to state that they have been treated differently. It is all conjecture on the part of the OP.

elsien

I would also add that work related stress is a difficult one to pin down. Just because someone is identying it as that doesn't necessarily make it the case.
I have known people where work seems to be the trigger, and others where people are blaming work whereas in reality it's their personal life and issues that are imploding. And those blaming work stress when they're being (quite correctly) performance managed.
With only one side of the picture, I would suggest that there may be a little more to the colleague's resignation than he's letting on. Or there may not be. The point is, it's speculation on your part. And you're unlikely ever to know otherwise.
What's the rest of the job like? Because if you're really not able to move on then perhaps considering pastures new may be the way to go.