Advice regarding notice.

[bobbynegs]

Re: Advice regarding notice.

Why is she being victimised? Is there a specific reason or is it simply because she's leaving? They do indeed sound like a shower of cretins.

They are. Not sure why really. She did at one stage have the temerity to point out that some of the other, longer-standing members of staff did sweet f.a. at work, one even used to have a snooze behind a sofa ( takes some doing in a room full of kids to be fair). Nothing ever came of this though. I think they're just aware that she was the best at her job there, and their inflexibility over changing her hours caused her to leave. The fact that at least ten kids have been withdrawn and either taken to her new place of work or elsewhere, which probably works out around £700 a day in lost income for them, can't have helped.

Anyhoo, after calls to both HMRC and the CAB, the P45 turned up today, postmarked with yesterday's date. I just fired off a quick email to the accountant thanking him for being so prompt and for lying to my face yesterday, and to my partner at least twice. We also have a list of directors to whom we'll be sending an email expressing our dissatisfaction at the way we were treated. There is still the issue of the 'threat' made by the ex-colleague. We'll be looking into that a bit more closely, but would rather the whole sorry episode was over and forgotten.

Thanks to all for their words of advice and support on here.

[Tools]

Re: Advice regarding notice.

There is still the issue of the 'threat' made by the ex-colleague. We'll be looking into that a bit more closely, but would rather the whole sorry episode was over and forgotten.

Thanks to all for their words of advice and support on here.

As you have said, you would rather it be over, for that to happen you have to take that threat as just something said in the heat of the moment and not pay any regard to it. Your partner should now concentrate her efforts ( goes for you too ) in making her new job a success and continuing ( as is proof by some mothers moving their kids to follow her) duty of care to the kids.

[bobbynegs]

Re: Advice regarding notice.

As you have said, you would rather it be over, for that to happen you have to take that threat as just something said in the heat of the moment and not pay any regard to it. Your partner should now concentrate her efforts ( goes for you too ) in making her new job a success and continuing ( as is proof by some mothers moving their kids to follow her) duty of care to the kids.

We are trying, believe me. Today, the ex-colleague phoned my partner's work place ad asked to speak to her. She then said that I had threatened her and that if I did t again the police would be informed. I have done nothing of the sort, and in fact I have never even spoken to her, and only seen her once, on Monday, when she stuck her head out to see what was going on while I was speaking to the company's accountant. My partner's employer told her to hang up and she's speaking to their legal team with regards making an official complaint of harrassment against both the ex-colleague and ex-employers. Not sure how much they can do, if anything, and we really just want it to stop. I'm veering towards going to the police and just telling them what's going on so that our side of it is logged. We don't want to press any charges, not that there's really any to press, but if she persists we'll be forced to take action of some sort. I'm starting to genuinely worry for my partner's safety as she has to pass her old place of work every day, they all know she works there, they take the kids to the same parks, and the woman making the 'threats' is apparently a very aggressive person. I just hope today was an attempt by her to stop us many an issue of her behaviour (albeit a strange way of going about it) as we had mentioned the possible verbal threat in an email to her employers. Maybe they had a word with her and she's just trying to go 'eye for an eye'. I just don't know.

[wales01man]

Re: Advice regarding notice.

Idle threats put them behind you or go to the police to get this on record,Do you really think this person making the threats wants to risk arrest and maybe conviction for doing something stupid?

[teaboy2]

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You need to keep a record of all events so far, dates and descriptions as to what has happened and said etc, you can then use that to show the police.

Its good to see the new employer is helping your partner, it shows the difference between a decent employer and one that is have arsed and spiteful of losing customers to your partners new employer, all because your partner was great with the kids!!