Out sick pending outcome of legal action against employer: contacts with employer?

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Moral Ethos

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My solicitor has written to my employer concerning my employment. How should I address any contact by telephone/email at this time? Should I refuse to talk to them?
 
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Refuse to talk to your employer? How would you get your job done then?! You should be asking your solicitor the question above anyway.
 
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I am on sick leave pending the outcome, hence I am at home.

I am looking for a polite way to say no communication with me directly.
 
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simple,don't answer the phone or sign for any registered leters.
if you do come into contact keep the conversation general and if the issue is raised ,simply say that you were advised not to talk about it.
it's hard to comment without having all of the facts
 
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Ok. Thanks for the advice so far.

I am still receiving emails from them, I am not even opening them (they can tell if you have read them) or reading them. This is after they received the solicitors letter. I take it they should respond directly to the solicitor and not address any corrospondance to me directly?
 
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Can you forward them to someone elses e-mail address and they open them, say your solicitor??? Not very clued in with all aspects of IT but maybe someone else who has some IT knowledge might be able to answer whether it still comes up as being read if it is fowarded on to another e-mail address without you opening it.
 
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How can you tell if someone has opened an email that you sent them.
I did not think that this was possible.
 
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In Outlook, go to Tools, then Options, E mail Options, Tracking Options and tick the ,For message I send, request' Read Receipt box
 
They can't tell if you've opened their e-mails.

They can tell if you've clicked "Yes" to the "Send read receipt?" e-mail. But I assume you realise you can click "No" to that.

However, if your employer is sneaky, it is possible he is imbedding an image in his e-mails. The image may be linked to a counter (for example, in a database.) So when the image gets displayed in the e-mail, the counter in the database increments. This is highly unlikely though, and Outlook normally (normally!) blocks that kind of thing.
 
They use a web based email system. All the staff use webmail to read their emails. There is no way to hide if you have read their emails.

I shall ask my solicitor in the morning what to do.
 
Why wont you talk to your employer.Certainly if you are getting paid while out they are entitled to talk to you. Its very unfair on them and without talking directly nothing will get sorted. Bringing solicitors into a dispute should be the very very last resort.
 
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Why wont you talk to your employer.Certainly if you are getting paid while out they are entitled to talk to you. Its very unfair on them and without talking directly nothing will get sorted. Bringing solicitors into a dispute should be the very very last resort.
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But maybe they don't want to talk, maybe they want to harass. I agree that a solicitor in these situations is the last resort, but we don't know the full story here and maybe this person has also seen it as their last resort. I don't think anyone can say whats fair or unfair or judge this person in anyway without knowing their full circumstances, which obviously we don't.
 
Moral Ethos said:
My solicitor has written to my employer concerning my employment. How should I address any contact by telephone/email at this time? Should I refuse to talk to them?
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No third party here can advise you on what to do without knowing why this situation has reached this stage adn what it is about. The only advice one can give is to tell employer through your solicitor not to contact you directly in any form adn on ly to go through solicitor. It's your decision really and maybe the employer is trying to resolve things amicably without recourse to the legal route?
 
Read the e-mails.....you can choose to ignore their content ! If there is a demand for a reply, reply via your solicitor.
 
Now the problem is they sent me a letter seeking a meeting with them next week. I don't want to talk to them without legal represenation present. Are they allowed to simply ignore the fact that there is a solicitor on record and simply contact me direct? They seem to be operating as if there is no solicitor involved. I would like them to talk to my solicitor direct as I feel I have nothing to discuss with them and that any meeting with them would damage my case.

Just wondering what correct protocol is. Can anyone advise?
 
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Bit hard that as it is the weekend and it will be next week before I get a chance to talk to him. I am just asking in general terms what others think.
 
Moral Ethos, it all depends what the legal problem is that your solicitor is trying to sort out. If you are off sick why? was there a serious problem at work? If you dont want to talk to your employer while the legal problem is being sorted, get your solicitor to write and ask them not to contact you direct. The problem I can see with this is they might sack you, but by the sound of things the relationship has broken down anyway, and would you want to go back there to work?
 
Ok, a brief summary of what happened. The job I was doing caused me to become ill, i went off sick and doctors prognosis was not good and he recommended I do not go back. I contacted a solicitor for advice and he is issuing proceedings shortly. I attended their company doctor and they (the company) now wish to discuss the report, 2 on 1 situation.
 
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