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I am with this company 10 years and anyone who knows me would know that these accusations are ridiculous.
the accuser is appealing on the grounds of constructive dismissal. According to the Hr dept. they have no case but still made an offer after their appeal. I was appalled by this but i have no say in this as it a different office dealing with it and they have never even met me. For all they know i could be this awful person that's been described in her letters. Anyway she has refused this offer and sent a solicitors letter today asking the company to make better offer or they will take it to the tribunal. My problem is they haven't done an investigation to see if i bullied her. They have asked for a detailed description of what happened - how i came to the conclusion that a disciplinary procedure was needed, notes from meetings, copy of errors made, etc etc. but no mention of the bullying only a note from the MD that this is not in my character. I can't see it getting to a tribunal as they don't want the hassle and I reckon they will pay her off. At least if it went to court i could have my say.
I can't stand the fact that she can say and write these things, get a large settlement for her trouble and i'm left with these accusations hanging over my head. I've no way of defending myself.
It costs them time and lost productivity to deal with this at all so they offered money. This decision has nothing to do with you personally.
Anyhoo, HR are likely to take the easiest course, especially since its a big company and they are likely not to be spending their own money on the settlement.
It may be expedient for the company but it is shabby practice in my humble opinion and if my reputation was to be sold down the river to save the company time and money I would have to take it further.
All this culture of "pay up to get rid" is encourage spurious claims. That is why we have a spiralling claims culture in Ireland.
no doubt this will be deleted for debating the topic/being off topic...but I think debating it is good for informing the OP's position.
Maybe a bit of sabre rattling in HR will increase their interest in protecting his reputation?My advice to the OP to calm down and let the company handle it still stands, because nothing happened other than the employee saying that the dismissal was not legitimate. Going for defamation claims and the like is daft at this stage, however aggravated the OP feels.
The letters that were written have said that i bullied them and implied that anyone that worked for me & have left, left because i also bullied them.
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