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Hi everyone. My partner has only been working in his job since July, and was doing really well (or so we thought). He is a support worker with a charity. Over the past five months he has instigated and led on a project to include the service users which was highly successful, undertaken several training courses and contributed significantly to the project he worked in.
A few weeks ago he had an altercation with one of the other support workers. She has only been there a few months longer than him, and appears to be struggling in her senior role (all of this is anecdotal of course; however it does appear to be genuine). My partner was under the impression that this was a minor disagreement, and that they had parted on good terms. He was told later that she had complained about him.
He has been on leave for the past 2 weeks and returned this morning only to be summarily dismissed. I am unable to establish the exact reasons yet; apparently a letter will be sent to him outlining the reasons, and I intend to write a letter of appeal on his behalf when I have seen them. He has told me verbally however that the person with whom he had the disagreement has alleged that he ignored her on three occasions when she asked him to pass over her coat; he absolutely denies that this has happened and I believe him - he is not the petty type. She, however, has a 'witness' who backs up her claim. It should be noted that this witness is one of the service users of the charity and, for various reasons which I won't go into, could not be described as a reliable witness. I highlight this because it is an example of the kind of allegations which are being levelled at him.
I know that, basically because he has only worked there for 5 months, he doesn't really have many rights. However I do feel that he has been stitched up on the say-so of one person. He gets on well with everyone else at the project. I have asked him to get a copy of the dismissal policy and I think he has been bullied.
Can we go anywhere with this? I'm not really sure what I want to happen. He wouldn't want to return to work under these circumstances, and I know that there are no grounds for an ET. It makes me so angry though, that someone can be so shabbily treated without any recourse at all.
If anyone has any words of advice, they would be much appreciated.
A few weeks ago he had an altercation with one of the other support workers. She has only been there a few months longer than him, and appears to be struggling in her senior role (all of this is anecdotal of course; however it does appear to be genuine). My partner was under the impression that this was a minor disagreement, and that they had parted on good terms. He was told later that she had complained about him.
He has been on leave for the past 2 weeks and returned this morning only to be summarily dismissed. I am unable to establish the exact reasons yet; apparently a letter will be sent to him outlining the reasons, and I intend to write a letter of appeal on his behalf when I have seen them. He has told me verbally however that the person with whom he had the disagreement has alleged that he ignored her on three occasions when she asked him to pass over her coat; he absolutely denies that this has happened and I believe him - he is not the petty type. She, however, has a 'witness' who backs up her claim. It should be noted that this witness is one of the service users of the charity and, for various reasons which I won't go into, could not be described as a reliable witness. I highlight this because it is an example of the kind of allegations which are being levelled at him.
I know that, basically because he has only worked there for 5 months, he doesn't really have many rights. However I do feel that he has been stitched up on the say-so of one person. He gets on well with everyone else at the project. I have asked him to get a copy of the dismissal policy and I think he has been bullied.
Can we go anywhere with this? I'm not really sure what I want to happen. He wouldn't want to return to work under these circumstances, and I know that there are no grounds for an ET. It makes me so angry though, that someone can be so shabbily treated without any recourse at all.
If anyone has any words of advice, they would be much appreciated.
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