Asked to Falsify Records at Work - Grievance and Scared

Marcon

LadyGargoyle1 said:

Thank you all for your advice. 

I have decided to hand my notice in as I do not need the stress and anxiety of working at this toxic company. 

I will have to up my job hunt over the coming weeks. 

I will however make it clear that my reason for leaving is because of the health and safety breach and that I am not going to falsify records. I will put this in writing to cover myself. 

Why do you need to cover yourself if you haven't done it?

There is clearly something badly amiss if you have been threatened with demotion and a £10K pay cut. Why not opt for the more emollient (any thus more likely to secure a decent reference) 'personality clash', given your manager's admission you were the wrong hire for this job?

LadyGargoyle1 said:

Thank you all for your advice. 

I have decided to hand my notice in as I do not need the stress and anxiety of working at this toxic company. 

I will have to up my job hunt over the coming weeks. 

I will however make it clear that my reason for leaving is because of the health and safety breach and that I am not going to falsify records. I will put this in writing to cover myself. 

Why can't management and companies just behave! 

For much the same reasons employees frequently don't!

Uriziel

If you are leaving do not put anything about them committing fraud because they are going to get you for this. They are going to sue you for damages and say that you did this without their asking and you will not be able to prove that they asked you to do this. Just let the reasoning be something vague and generic. If you put health reasons they are going to send this as part of your reference and your future employer will think that you are too sick to work for them.

eamon

If you haven't already tendered your resignation then please don't include any reference to the data falsification.

Just stick to what they need re resigning and leave it at that. 

superbigal

The fake Pat Testing seems a little odd as there is actually no law requiring it or even labelling.  All that is actually required is ensuring that any electrical equipment is safe or maintained.

LadyGargoyle1

@superbigal - This was for a large external exhibition, the organisers sent a risk assessment questionnaire and specifically asked for all equipment to be PAT tested. They wanted to see valid test records for everything. 

Savvy_Sue

superbigal said:

The fake Pat Testing seems a little odd as there is actually no law requiring it or even labelling.  All that is actually required is ensuring that any electrical equipment is safe or maintained.

True, and it's up to the employer to decide at what intervals equipment should be checked / tested / maintained, BUT whatever interval they've picked, they should have records to back this up. 

LadyGargoyle1 said:

@superbigal - This was for a large external exhibition, the organisers sent a risk assessment questionnaire and specifically asked for all equipment to be PAT tested. They wanted to see valid test records for everything. 

And I have known someone keep a supply of stickers in the drawer, and stick one on any electrical item leaving the premises to be used where you can only use a plug if it has an PA test sticker on it! 

I don't think this is a hill worth dying on. I'm sure the person I knew was capable of inspecting equipment and not using anything with an obviously unsafe plug on it. Indeed, so many plugs now are moulded on pre-purchase that inspection is quite hard. 

SadieO

LadyGargoyle1 said:

• HR not impartial: HR are aligned with management and not treating my concerns seriously. 

I heard something early in my career that has always stuck with me: HR aren't there to protect you, they are there to protect the organisation from you!