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[equatorial]

A colleague of mine is having problems with a group of people who are trying to prevent her from working.

Unclear as to their motivation:
The reason could be something to do with her husband wanting to divorce her and to ensure that he gets half of what they own (as she had initially put more into the proverbial marriage pot than him) by him 'catching up' with putting more in so that they are 'even' - not sure.
Or it could merely be a vendetta or someone who has an axe to grind with her.

However what has been happening is that each job that she is in, the people spread rumours about her to cast her in a poor light. They have even gone as far as planting things in her bag so that it looks like she has stolen them and general nasty rumours. Making it look as though she has done something wrong. She has said that they talk as though they have been offered money to do this.

As a result of all this she does not hold down a job for very long, leaving due to the constant bullying.
The woman is hard working and honest and is perplexed with the situation, not knowing what to do.
What should I suggest she do?

[teaboy2]

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So various people at various places of employment have targeted her, and she believes her husband, whom shes divorcing, is behind this? In other words, shes claiming that every time she starts a new job, he finds out where and somehow manages to bribe other employees to bully her, make false accusations and etc etc.

Sorry, but without any evidence to support her suspicions that her husband is behind it, then that does sound a bit far fetched to be honest.

Surely if she suspects her husband is behind it, then it best not to tell him, or anyone for that matter, where she is working!

[wales01man]

Re: work

I am thinking the same as you Teaboy seems rather farfetched betting it was a really tough divorce and marriage.

[equatorial]

Re: work

despite who is behind it, what should the woman do about it? as it happens to her in each job she takes.
what steps should she take when it next happens?

[wales01man]

Re: work

How does the Ex know the people where she has or is worked?
does she have any proof that he is doing this Would be very hard to prove anthing unless someone can come forward to say he has done or said something

[mystery1]

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It's all about evidence.

She can visit the police, try and get a court order etc. However without enough evidence to persuade a neutral person then she's stuck.

As described, very few will find the events believable. That's not to say they are not true but for someone with power to help they have to believe what is said.

If the evidence exists or can be obtained (statements etc) she can do something. If not i'd say moving a long way away would seem the best option.

M1

[Mr $quandaŁot]

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This doesn't add up, sorry. If her soon to be ex-husband is after her money, the last thing he would do is to prevent her from working!

It's more likely that there's something about her personality and/or behaviour that results in her getting into the described situations. If this really is happening in every job, I think she should see a career coucillor or psychiatrist.

[teaboy2]

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despite who is behind it, what should the woman do about it? as it happens to her in each job she takes.
what steps should she take when it next happens?

Sorry, but if this is happening at every work place your friend is employed at, then this is not an employment issue, its an harassment issue instigated by her husband. That means she needs to speak to the police about it. So even though you said "Despite who's behind it", its who's behind it that needs to be dealt with. As from an employers perspective, if she went in and told them what you have told us, and i speak from my own experience as a employer, the employer would think its a bit far fetched, is she saying it as a cover in case she is ever caught stealing?!

This is not an issue with one employer, it sounds like multiple employers where the instigator behind it all is her husband. So what do you expect us to say that can be done about it? Because from an employment perspective there's nothing that can be done about it. So that leaves her only one alternative and report the incidents to the police!! Sure employers have a duty to stop harassment and bullying in the work place, so speaking to her current employer and informing them of her suspicions and reporting incidents of bullying/harassment in her current workplace, and the employees behind it, to the current employer is another option that should be followed along with reporting to police.

How long has the divorce been going on for?

How many jobs has she had since the divorce proceedings began?

How many of those jobs has she been sacked from as a result or faced disciplinary procedure?

[Mr $quandaŁot]

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Right, did these problems start occurring after or around the time that her divorce proceedings commenced?

If she's already separated from her husvand how does he know where she works if she's working on short term contracts as it sounds?

[Mr $quandaŁot]

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Is the OP for real?

They haven't answered any questions some of us have asked in order to help them.

Unfortunately there has been an increasing number of nuisance posts recently. I hope this wasn't one of them.

[teaboy2]

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Is the OP for real?

They haven't answered any questions some of us have asked in order to help them.

Unfortunately there has been an increasing number of nuisance posts recently. I hope this wasn't one of them.

It seems that the OP and her friend do not reside in the UK - http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...273#post432273

Note how OP states they moved to a country with law same as UK.

Equatorial - If you really want our help, you need to tell us everything in as much detail as possible in one thread and not spread out over 2 or 3 different threads, including which country your friend is in. Because although other countries legal systems are based on the UK legal system, they are not the same laws, procedures, rules, regulations as the UK employment laws or UK civil Laws etc.