Hi there, Just after a little advice. Last november (2013) my mortgage company applied for reposession of my property. I went to court and managed to get it suspended. I have now cleared the arrears as set out in the court order and have made 1 mth mortgage payment on time. I was just wondering if i can get the suspended reposession order removed or set aside or does it remain in place for the reminder of the mortgage. Also was wondering if i should start the ball rolling in claiming all the fees and charges back, i dont want to start to rock the boat with the mortgage company as we are just getting back on track.

hi everyone im new to this site so apologies now if i make a mistake i will try and keep it short. basically we took our mortgage out 15 years ago all has been fine until last oct just before then my husbands work of 21 years suddenly closed he found a new job but half the salary and we had to buy an old banger for him to commute ( used to have company car ) i also stopped work due to severe artheritis we fell behind with payments and also are in trouble with payday loans. i have written to accord many times with offer of payment but they never reply we had a letter asking for(yet!) another income an expenditure an offer of payment before june15 an they would only go for sus repo i did this sent recorded delivery but we couldnt attend court and they were granted repossession had a letter today we are being evicted tues please help? sorry for rambling !!have five years left to run if that helps

Hi all, Looking for some honest advice, no judgement. I was suspended from work tonight - I work in a shop and the temperate in there was 32 degrees and the heat was making me feel sick and dizzy. I left the till and asked a colleague to jump on for 2 minutes for me. I went into the staff room and got a drink. While I was in there I phoned my partner to say I wasn't feeling well and I was thinking of telling my manager I needed to go home. I was on the phone to her for 44 seconds and then hung up. My manager came to the door and flew off the handle, started shouting at me, pointing her finger at me saying that she's had to have several conversations with me about coming off the shop floor without asking (not quite the truth but I'll get to that) and that I should seriously reconsider my position in the company - she said lots of other things about how we were all hot etc and then proceeded to suspend me. I rang my partner to say she'd need to come and get me as I was being sent home and then my manager started shouting at me again, swearing etc. She accused me of all sorts to the point where a colleague who had been stood by watching had to interrupt her and say it was best that it was left there and that I should go home. Now, to put things into perspective - over a month ago I was out the back sorting rubbish. While I was stacking pallets and sorting rubbish I was having a cigarette. It's a pretty common thing that most people do, including the assistant manager and supervisors. I didn't stop working to do it, I was constantly on the move doing the job. She came out then and told me I was a **** taker and that I really didn't want to get on her bad side. She then slagged me off to a colleague but I just let it all go and said nothing. She then spoke to me two weeks later as something had happened with a colleague and I took some time outside to calm down, spoke to my partner and went back in. Nothing was said straight away and then I was spoken to about it by her and the assistant manager. I apologised and since then made sure I didn't use my phone or take breaks when I shouldn't etc (not that I did anyway - it was a one off). Now I've been suspended and I really don't know where I stand - she's making out she's had all these problems with me when in reality, she shouted at me once and I didn't actually do anything wrong and then she spoke to me about the one off incident. Other than that I work my backside off and love my job. Being suspended is obviously never a good sign I just don't know how it will go - she doesn't seem to be a reasonable person and lots of people have had issues with her but sadly seems to make up the rules herself. Any thoughts would be appreciated, sorry for the long post.

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I am writing on behalf of my girlfriend who got her car towed last saturday morning 7th June 2014. They told us it was parked in a suspended bay, but after reading several posts on this forum, it seems we may have valid reasons to appeal. We would be very grateful for anyone more knowledgeable about the law on this to advise us on our appeal before we submit it. She thought her car had been stolen and it caused a great deal of distress. Plus it was a huge inconvenience to us as we were due to go away for the weekend in the car. The car was parked on St. John's Hill in Wandsworth, London. They told us that the car had been towed because it was parked in a suspended bay. Later in the day I went back with her to where she was parked and took some pictures. I also include a scan of the PCN that was given to us when we went to collect the car. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vqw_YSKNY5RkJGMFBQQjE0Z0J1cGRjejhwd2R6dmpKTEV3/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vqw_YSKNY5T3pXSVBjeVpYX0VuUFhaTHNrWGRjU0h1dEtj/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vqw_YSKNY5UzdXQklpREptWXhkV0p5NldTclVCZFV2cDR3/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vqw_YSKNY5Z3lrckNlQzZfSzZJai1fTVN1aDdmVUc4VFBB/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Vqw_YSKNY5X3NLemNOYjM4RTQ/edit?usp=sharing You can see that the suspended bay sign was several car lengths away from bay where my girlfriend was parked i.e. the empty bay in the pictures. This is pretty much how it looked when my girlfriend arrived to park. i.e. all the other bays that are closer to the sign had cars parked in them. My GF parked and left her car, walking in the opposite direction to the sign. There was no other sign on the other side of the suspended bay. She never noticed the sign in the photo, further down the road, so she had no idea the bay she parked in was suspended. I am wondering if we can appeal on grounds of any or all of the following: 1) It was not at all clear that the bay was suspended. The only sign was several car lengths away. No other sign on the other side of the bay. 2) Is the sign valid? I have read in other posts that sometimes the sign itself does not follow 'the rules'. 3) The sign says that the bay outside no. 97 is suspended. The pavement is quite wide and it is not clear which bay this refers to. Especially because the only sign was so far away from no. 97. 4) When we went to pick up the car at the pound in Mitcham, we were told that we had to pay £265 or they would not release the car back to us, even though I told them we wanted to appeal. I have since read in other posts that the this is not the law. Apparently, they cannot force us to pay to release the car if we choose to appeal. Is this true? 5) My GF was away from her car for approximately 1.5 hours. when she got back it was gone and no indication where or why. Can they tow it without any warning? 6) We notice the address of the suspended bay is different on the PCN to the sign. The sign says "no. 97". The PCN says "no.s 97/99". Do we have grounds to appeal? Should we use any or all of the above in our appeal? Is there anything else we should put in our appeal? We would be very grateful for advice on this. Thanks in advance.

just a quicke for now. if i am suspended from work until a formal disaplinary hearing takes place can i be signed off work by my GP for stress ? i know i should of gone earlier but if i did i would have been todl that when i go back i would only be allowed to do my contracted hours which is 3 nights aweek, i normaly do on average 5-6 so would of been loosing 50% wage.

I have been employed with this company for approx 2.5 years. Today I was called into a meeting and told I am facing a diciplinary hearing Monday for excessive internet usage. Now I do use the internet at lunch times, social networking sites etc are blocked so normally news and shopping (amszon) we are allowed online at lunch btw and I generally have a busy day with little time to play online otherwise in any case. I do sometimes leave the browser open in the background if I forget to close it after lunch, but this does not explain the "evidence" of what I apparently am surfing at work. I have yet to receive the full file, but from what I can gather and was confronted with, my PC is accessing the home page (I see no other pages listed than home) of an adult website even when I am nowhere near my PC. I can prove on several instances that I was nowhere near my PC when I "accessed" this site and for about 15 occurrences actually have photos on my phone that proves I was out of the office. I have no doubt once the full file has been received that I can disprove more of the allegations. However, it is a website I did visit a few weeks back on the company laptop (no porn it is a forum) in my own personal time (stupid I know, my PC was defragging and working like a three legged donkey) but I have never ever accessed it on my work PC during working hours knowingly. My question is, where do I go from here, what do I need to do to prove that on a regular basis my PC was doing its own thing, and how is it even possible that my PC is accessing websites without me knowing it and being my the PC? The browsers are Google and internet explorer, and I counted about 270!!!! connections in one single day! I am dumbfounded as that is a forum I use yes, but on my phone (smart phone which connects to the work wifi yes but that should not tie back to my PC, and I do not use it apart from sometimes at lunch on my PHONE not the PC, in any case I would have thought it be automatically blocked as we cannot even access something as basic as hotmail from the work PC) I am confused and worried, if anyone has any advice, then please help me out here. I have already checked my browser history and found none non work related access in my history in Google during work hours (I checked under settings, and web history) but my ie is set to delete history, cookies etc on exit, so had no luck trying to access those entries. Thank you in advance.

I have been working at [company name removed] Glasgow since September and, since the very day I set foot in this company, I have been lied to, misled, treated as if I was nothing. Double standard is very rampant in this place. But today they crossed a line that upset me very much. I realised this morning that my bag was moved without my knowledge and without my consent. I did not know where it was moved to and I began to worry about being stolen. I always put my bag at the same place every morning, like everyone else at my workplace (including my team leaders and managers). I have a locker but it is too small to put my bag in it. I made a strong written complaint to my supervisor regarding the displacement of my personal belonging at work. the operation manager assistant asked to have a word with me. He then told me the following : - my email to him was out of place, - he asserted that if my bag is too big or my locker, I had to bring a smaller bag, - he said literally "when your bag is on my "floor", I can do whatever I want with it" (the fact that he said "I" instead of "the company" and "my floor " instead of "the company floor" distressed me and intimidating a lot), - He then was unable to tell me who displace my bag. I became very upset. I told him I disagree with him. I pointed to him that all the staff on the floor leave their bag at the same spot as mine. some staff bring large suicase and leave them at the same spot as mine. After my bag was removed from the spot, other people put their bag at the very same spot and they did not encounter any issue. I told him that if the company wanted me to move my personal property, they simply had to come and see and notify me of their request I told him that if the company wants me to put my bag at a specific place, they should inform me and every other member of the staff in an informal way. It came to a point when I felt that I was talking to a wall, I just stood up, told him that there was no point continuing this discussion and I left (i was very upset and I was shivering at this point). I felt like he had absolute power over me and my property. I felt threatened. I went to complain to my direct team leader and ask her to talk to him about what happened and that I was very unhappy about the situation. The operation manager assistant later asked me to come again for a talk, this time in a meeting room. Once I came to the meeting room, I find myself facing him and another supervisor. He then stated that he was starting an investigation about my behaviour. I felt like I was been ambushed. He told me that my behaviour was threatening. I asked him towards who. He said nobody in particular, which was a contradiction. I asked him how my behaviour was threatening as I left the discussion. If my behaviour was so threatening, why did they not call security ? Why did they not call the police ? I requested several time to have my direct team leader present so I would not be alone during the discussion. They finally agreed to bring her. I explained to him that I had felt very much distressed by his attitude towards me and I had felt threatened. Especially since I have had a long history of grievance about abuse of power and failure of the company to communicate properly and effectively with the staff. I explained to him all the issues of the past and the several instances (pointing the fact that despite talking about those issue with my team leaders and sending several email, nothing was done). I have been suspended with full pay until the end of the investigation and he told me that i can face disciplinary. I am distress of the fact that, after the incident, he was the one handling the start of the investigation, despite an obvious conflict of interest. During that situation, I have been unable to speak to HR despite strenuously requesting to. I was escorted out of the building as if I was a common criminal. My work email have been rescinded despite the fact that this was my only channel of communication with the company. I don't have any contact from the company to who I can talk to except a mobile phone number from a HR I tried to reach without success. I feel very lost and don't know what to do. Any advice please. Sorry about this long post which may looked confused. But I am in a state of panic and I do not know who to turn to or what to do.

Hi, On Saturday night we had an armed robbery at the store I work at. After the robbers had left I called the police. I went back into the office and there was change all over the floor, the loss prevention officer at my company has seen me picking up £3-4 in change and putting it in my pocket. I admitted to this. I have been suspended with full pay until my disciplinary hearing. He said he had called the police and arranged for a meeting on Thursday with them. What is likely to happen now? Should I resign? Am I going to get a criminal record? I've never done anything like this before and my criminal record is currently clean. I think I'm the only person who could have two guns pulled on me and lose my job in the same bloody night.

Hi All, Apologies for the long post but I would like to convey all the details. I have been with my employer (a major car company) since Jun 2011. Recently I attended an international 3-day training course to showcase some of the new vehicle. This is an event that has been held annually for over 15 years by the company but the first time anyone from my department has been invited. To cut a long story short, this was a driving event and I don't drive. For all delegates there was a mandatory breathalyzer test for anyone driving in the morning, though there were mixed messages as to whether non-drivers where to be breathlyzed. My director told us that anyone who fails this test will be subject to dismissal. Upon arriving at the location, a barcode tag to verify the persons license and information was given. As a non-driver my card was hole-punched so it could not be read by any of the staff organising the driving of the vehicles. I asked the person stamping the card if I was to be breathalyzed and he laughed and say no, because I don't drive. Rather than take this as read, I then asked the trainer for my group if this were true and he said yes I would, so I went with this answer. The night before were lunch was served there was a themed party with an open bar. I have never been breahtlyzed before and so was very concerned about this but on the same vein, I wanted to enjoy the party and so I had a few drinks. Prior to this, I had rang the police who couldn't give me any advice on breathalyzers and consulted 1 website and two iPhone apps to estimate what I could drink and how long it would be in my system, as I have no frame of reference aside from what would give me a hangover and what wouldn't. I am 6'6" and weight 99kg, I also drink frequently enough to be able to take my ale. The consensus from the three calculators was that I could drink 6 large glasses of wine (2 bottles) and sleep it off in 10 hours. I therefore erred on the side of caution and drank 5 small glasses of red wine and have half a regular strength lager, with dinner. I woke up having had 7 hours sleep and felt a little tired but otherwise not hungover in the slightest. I was breahtlyzed at 9am and blew 0.02% into the machine, promptly shat myself and spent literally the last 3 days panicking severely. I contacted our director and told him yesterday, who then advised that I speak with my manager. I did this this morning and was suspended immediately for Gross Miscconduct - Serious breach of company rules/policy and Wilful failure to carry out a reasonable request. I prefer to expect the best, prepare for the worst and so have begun searching for other employment already. What are your thoughts on this? Aside from a penalty (which dozens of others I spoke with have paid without disciplinary action for similar circumstances) there is no other history of people being dismisses for this. My argument is simply that although I did drink, there are other factors that could influence a breathlyzer and my score was low enough to warrant those factors being present. Thanks in advance. I am not a reckless person and have a perfectly clean slate with this and all of my other employers.

Hi, I am looking for some advice, I was brought into my boss's office at around 5pm and told due to my poor performance recently I will be having a disciplinary meeting the next day at 8am and I can bring a colleague if i want to ect. After reading up on-line this should of been done in writing and within a reasonable time frame. So I emailed my boss and asking for it to be in writing and within reasonable timeframe, I got an email back next day at around 8am with a PDF attached stating what its about, and date of meeting which was on 25th. Everything was going okay the next day, And I was trying my hardest to make sure i was trying my best. One thing that was odd I was made to sign an confidentiality agreement randomly and he said its for a customers pci compliance we all must have one signed (I had signed a none-disclosure agreement when I started anyway). However when I was being suspended he mentioned that I have now signed a "agreement" and to not do anything to harm company/sabotage ect.. (I would not do this anyway...) While I was on phone to a customer I get told to put them on hold and to come and sit outside office on chair for 5 minutes. I did that then I was brought into his office and told "You are now being suspended for gross misconduct for accessing another employees email, there will be an investigation and we will contact you. Do not try to access any systems, customer networks, or call any customers ect or try to sabotage anything or we will call the police. Do you understand?" I said no and he said "Basically get your stuff and leave." so I did and said bye. I have not accessed anyones email either and he hasn't gave me any information I have aspergers syndrome and this is causing me stress as I don't know when im coming back or if its on full pay or its not in writing, so i don't know what will happen next.. This is really unfair. I have had nothing in writing yet about the suspension or anything. (I was suspended Friday). Could someone please give me advice on what to do next?

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My first post here as in desperate need of advice. I am at this point £750 in rent arrears which have mounted up over 4 years. I had a suspended possession order in court when arrears were £875 in October. Up to 2 weeks ago I kept to the £56 weekly rent but have slipped with a gambling addiction problem and not paid in last 2 weeks. I get paid weekly of £175 each Saturday and will definitely make a payment 1st thing Saturday. I can't pay £168 this Saturday in one go (2 weeks missed rent plus current payment). I need help urgently as can't face life on the streets. I also owe 2 years council tax which hasnt been paid and various other debts which haven't been paid in years. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi everyone I need help!! The other day one of my two owners came over to my work from the warehouse and told me the shop isn't making much money. I asked what I should do and explained all the things Ive been trying to do to get more customers. She then said that as Im the manager it is my job to know what to do and then said that If I don't know then I shouldn't be there. She then made a phone call to who I think was the area manager and said to him "where are you working tomorrow,,,,,, No I haven't yet but I will be. She then asked me why the promotional leaflets that were sent to me haven't been delivered to customer houses and said that the other owner told her I was going to deliver them on my day off. I asked if I would be paid for this and was told no. After this she then began to look at my sales and I had sold an item for £600. She then looked at my till sheet from the week before and there was only £580. She asked me where the other £100 was and I said that it can only be £20. She then told me to stop treating to her like an idiot and I said that perhaps I have cashed up wrong and the remaining money will probably in the till and I hadn't cashed up that day so if she checked it would probably be in there. I asked her to cash up and she refused, at this point I felt like she had made her mind up. She then asked me what I have to say at this point I said I don't know what you want me to say and she then asked me for my keys and suspended me. A few days later I received a letter saying the reason for my suspension was theft and they had written statements from customers, receipt books and stock control as evidence. However no evidence has been supplied to me. The following day I received a letter to come in the next day for a disaplinary hearing which I could not attend as I cannot travel to the warehouse. She has now rescheduled this for next week. On my letter it does state that the owner is the complaitent and will be chairing the hearing which I thought would be byased against me. I need help because of this and that I find it a bit of coincidence that one owner told me if the shop doesn't start making much money then they will shut the shop and I will be first to know which he said with a smile on his face. I feel I have been treated unfairly as I was made to work on my own, I was never provided a seat to sit on or given any breaks, however they only paid me for 8 hour day and I was there 9 hour. Also when I was on holidays and off sick other people were there to cover me one of which has his own job on the side doing the same thing. There was also the fact that when I did return from time off items were taken to other stores but not put in the transfer book. I have felt like I have been bullied and feel they are intimidating me as from what I've explained and when they changed my hearing date both the owners came to my house to deliver the letter instead of just posting it.

Hello, I had a suspended repossession order in 2006. I had paid the arrears when received the court papers and subsequently rang the solicitor who was dealing with the case. He told me it wouldn't go to court as I had paid the arrears. Long story short they still went ahead and I ended up with the order. I realise I can never get the order taken off the house but I have read that I can apply to the court so they have to take it back to court for repossession, instead of just being able to go straight for evicition as they can now. I cannot find the court papers and wonder if there was anyway of getting a copy of the order, plus could anyone telling me which court form it would be I have to ask for.

Hi there I have had a letter from Transcom asking for £47.35 for Ebay fees. This is from ages ago when we sold a car. I couldn't remember how long ago so I foolishly logged into my old Ebay account. Can this logging in trigger Ebay to know that I am still around? My last feedback was from 2009 so around 2 years to go before statute barred. How likely am I got get someone knocking on my door etc for this amount? I have read of harrassing telephone calls but thankfully we have changed our number a couple of years ago so should be ok. Many thanks

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated........ a week before Christmas I was suspended pending a disciplinary hearing. I work for a financial brokerage business, and one day I was on my own at work as my colleague was off. I had to take care of some business, and up to did my job to the best of my ability however on a couple of specific parts of the business did not follow a procedure set out. It was not uncommon for this to occur as it can be rectified. The problem started when I suffered a serious computer system problem, this occurred at the point at which I was looking to rectify my procedural short comings. This problem lasted for around 30 mins at in hindsight the worst possible moment. It was at this stage I realised that I would more than likely have to take a loss on such transactions. I had only the day before been told of a payrise as a result of my good performance, so when I encountered this problem I literally froze and panicked. I and my family have experienced a period of huge financial stress over which time I have been on medication for depression, so the payrise was a huge lift, the shock of the incident coupled with my concerns over the payrise led me to sit and stew over this problem for much longer than I should have. I spoke to my colleague over a recorded line to discuss the business and implied there were no problems, but I was still in a period of distress so to speak. I finally rectified the issue before the end of the day so that there was no exposure, but the loss at the end of the day was quite hefty, at around £15k (around 50% of the revenues for the month). I then came clean, but after working one more day, and a couple of days off received a call notifying of the suspension. I have had a fact finding meeting and awaiting a date for a hearing. I know that I could have handled better, and have always admitted to such, but argue the system malfunctioning led to the initial problem, but there is a procedural shortcoming up until that point, something that i would argue and can prove would have been dealt with. The company are accusing me of not following procedure, lying in telling the client of a different transaction than executed (something that has been done by myself and my colleague previously) and misleading the company. The latter which I can offer the excuse of shock and panic. There was no real intent of wrongdoing, but i fear a gross misconduct charge. I will appeal if that is the case, but not sure how effective such will be, i fear they want rid of me so the appeal will just be a process that they have to adhere to. I have been with the company for 21 months so unfair dismissal is not an option.... please help, more than anything just want someone to say, I have some sort of case and hope!!! thx Phil

Hi hope someone can give me advice. I had a repossession order suspended approx 18 months ago, mortgage us with Santander and their lawyers are Hamlins who I now make payments to. Arrears were around 3, 000 and I pay 416 mortgage payment plus 84 to pay off arrears. I recently lost my job and shouldve started my new one with very little gap in between wages going in from old job and first pay from new job, however there has been a major delay due to crb and references not coming through and I missed a payment to hamlins. They have now applied for eviction (not received letter from bailiffs yet) I called hamlins and explained that I was not working at the moment and am receiving JSA for a short term while I was in between jobs but they said that was irrelevant and I have to pay 496.00 by 16/1/14 for them to cancel the eviction. I called civil legal advice and was advised to put in an N244 (is this correct? ) and while CLA couldn't be with me in court, they will send a letter for the judge explaining my circumstances and ask for a period of 8 weeks to allow new job to start and money to start coming in. I am terrified to go to court by myself, I did so for the original repossession hearing and it was awful. Ive been googling for all sorts of advice and came across a company called house eviction.co.uk and called them, they advised that they would represent me at the hearing but charge 199 pounds which isn't payable unless they win. Shall I go with this? Are they above board? Is it worth the money? I am worried as I am still waiting on a start date for new job, I can't prove to a judge that I can maintain future payments as I've currently got no income, I have a job offer in writing but that is all Please help, dont know what to do next.

I work in a shop where each night that I work, I gather up the unsold newspapers and process them. A colleague asked me if I could get the tokens out from a certain paper. I have done this for 3 days now. I have been caught out as I as for an envelope (wish kept my mouth shut) never gained permission from anyone above me. I did blurt out a name when I was asked did I get permission. I was bloody stupid and have no reason why I did this. My manager is disappointed with me for lying and breaching trust. I was never caught taking the coupons from the paper or handing them to the colleague. The area where I do the papers is in the staff area and no CCTV cameras. I am suspended on full pay and not allowed to visit the shop or contact any colleagues. The thing is sometimes, we have papers in the staff room - esp during the weekend as sometimes we receive more papers than supplements (have to insert the supplements ourselves) and cannot sell these to customers. Sometimes these newspapers have other coupons like 'free bottle of pop' '2for1 at Alton Towers' and these coupons are torn out by colleagues, and probably without permission. The same applies to the customer magazine (paid for) and have them in the canteen and coupons are torn from that. There have been other colleagues that have been ripping out these coupons recently in front of me. I did mention these names to the manager that was gathering up facts. Not too sure what is going to happen to them. I am not benefiting from these coupons at all. Colleagues rely on me. I am very worried that I will get dismissed for this. I don't feel I can carry on with life and want to end it. I feel I have let myself down. It's my 2nd suspension in 3.5 years. The first one was adding too many loyalty points to my account. I did get a FWW for 12 months. I am in the union and will be contacting her. I am on annual leave as from tomorrow for a week til 19th Jan. If I am dismissed, then its unfair as colleagues have been ripping out coupons from various sources for years and never been caught. I am surprised with that as one colleague ripped out the same coupon from 10 magazines for £1 off something when this particular product was down to £1. I have never ripped out any coupon before this episode. Any advice please?

Today, totally out of the blue. I've received a letter from the council titled: Suspension of housing benefit and council tax support I'm currently on ESA for mental health issues and have no reason as to why they would suspend my housing benefit? The letter reads, I refer to your claim for housing benefit, I must inform that your claim has been suspended on **********. This is because we require a full update of your current circumstances? My letter also includes me to return the following that apply to myself; Proof of Earnings Non-Dependant Income Proof Of tax credit Proof of employment and support allowance Proof of all Capital I'm really confused as to why this has landed on my door and for what possible reason? Maybe it's my illness kicking into over drive, but it's really got me worked up? Nothing has changed, I'm still the same as I was when I first claimed. The only change I've made to my claim; getting the payments paid to me and not my land lord which was completed the week before xmas, I received a cheque. Please help me regards

Hi this is a long story but will keep as brief as possible. At the start of December my husband was called up to HR. along with the rest of his team they had been random selected to all take a drugs and alcohol test. they all pressed this buzzer if the light went red that person was selected for testing. It was green for all of them. A week later my husband is called to HR someone had reported to them that he takes Crack cocaine and he had told this person he did so !!. (my husband is 60yrs old full of arthritis not a likely candidate) he took the test and both were negative for both drugs and alcohol. He was on holiday last week and went back to work this morning called up to HR again told it was an informal meeting the person he took with him was told oh we dont normal have anyone else in for an informal meeting. he was told that 3 people had said he had opened his wallet showing them tablets, he had taken pics of them with his phone. and he had made sexual suggestions to these people. he asked what he was supposed to have said the answer was I can't comment on that. they asked him to leave the room and they would let him know what was happening 10mins later a senior manager came to him in the workshop and said due to the seriousness of the allegation they would have to suspend him on full pay for 4 or 5 days they would be in touch within 48hrs. 1. so serious are these allegation's that apparantly it happened at the begging of dec (the same time as the drugs accusation) 2. he was accused of taking pics on his phone (which is a work phone) they didnt confiscate it !. 3.If it was an informal meeting how come they suspended him and wouldn't allow his witness to stay. im out of my mind with worry, he will not get another job at his age really need some advice . thanks in advance

Hello, I've returned to work yesterday, only to walk through the door and get suspended, the reasons given, were for allegedly making threats to the business and/or individuals. So let me give as much background as I can, I was off work for nine weeks with depression. My employer insisted I saw the oc.nurse, attended 'meetings' about my situation (with a manager) and also offered the services of a counsellor,which I agreed to. I met the nurse a few times, and in one the the meetings(with my manager and a member of HR), I refused to see the nurse anymore, because I felt she was hampering any recovery. I was told this was not possible and I would have to see her again. My manager offered to go with me (at my next app), I agreed purely to have a witness, I was immediately challenged on why I needed some there. Once returning to work(after my sickness) I have seen the nurse a few time and feel she is now being supportive. Before my sickness I had booked holiday's (which ended up been the last week of my sickness) I was informed by HR, because I had not cancelled holidays, I had to take them as holidays and not sick pay(even though my sick note covered this time).I did lose my temper (by raising my voice, but not shouting). I eventually wrote a grievance letter and had my holidays reinstated. Obviously these two instances where 'upsetting' to me and I discussed it with the counsellor, I have had 6 sessions with her - 2 of which where at her house. We were supposed to schedule 2 more, but because of christmas these have been sidelined. she is the one who has made these allegations against me, for threats against the nurse,HR rep. and the company. But at no time did I indicate harm to anyone/anything, yesterday I was read quotes, I has supposedly made, but Its not what I have said! I am not expecting to keep my job, as Its her word against mine. But is there anything I can do? other than just sit back and wait. thanks in advance MARK

The missus got done (again), this time parking in a parking bay that previously allowed up to 20 mins free parking for drive-by shopping. She's previously used this bay on numerous occasions without incident, but didn't notice that on this occasion the right to free parking was suspended. I'm sure she's not alone in getting caught out in this way, and yes, she made an assumption based on previous experience, and ignorance of the 'law' is no excuse, etc etc. Based on those considerations, I told her it's unlikely any appeal would succeed. Even so, this looks like a blatant trap specifically designed to catch out the unwary. Any comments from the experts plse? Is it worth bothering, or just put it down to experience (again)?

Hello There I hope you can help me it's been a traumatic few weeks and I've no one to blame but myself but need some help as the whole situation is stressing me out and I'm very upset about it. It's quite a long one, but would appreciate anyone helping me if they can. Due to some personal issues I went out with a friend and got drunk to deal with it, I met up with some work colleagues and stopped drinking about 2 am but we stayed out till the club closed, at which point we went to another bar. At this point I have no memory of an entire hour, which is unusual because I wasn't drinking as much as I have, I've never lost memory during an evening before and was perfectly coherent in the previous hours as I remember everything, my sms messages were normal and things. Apparently during this hour a work colleague I asked to, got me a spirit drink so I drank at 5.40. As our place of work is next to said bar I figured it would be easier to go straight into work get ready and begin opening the shop (not literally of course but preparing) as I would start at 9 and figured I'd be okay. My colleagues came with me for a while one was completely sober, these aren't people I would normally hang out with my I add, I don't get on with 2 of them at all, one has complained about me many times (I'm a team leader). They left soon enough and I sorted the place out and when one of my bosses came in told him about my evening and them being in. He noted at this point this would have to be investigated as technically without a manager no-one should be on site. I said I was sorry I didn't know that and accepted it would be looked at. Because the cleaners were already in I thought it was okay, I've been very early before and been alone before and no-one has said anything (I've also been left alone by a manager). I had a horrible smell of alcohol which was unprofessional and noticeable. At 2 pm I was taken into an office by the main manager who also had come in at 9 who stated that he thought I was tipsy when I came in, and still was and he was sending me home. Aside from the smell, to my knowledge I'd done nothing out of the ordinary, my speech was fine, I did my job normally..etc.. wasn't wobbling or anything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next evening I had a investigation meeting for Unauthorized access and intoxication at work. I explained my evening and my morning, stated I couldn't remember an hour and couldn't explain why. (I wonder if I was spiked). Explained my mitigating circumstances for going out, and how it was so uncharacteristic of me to do so, I've worked there 25 months without issue or disciplinary and been promoted. I was suspended at this point with pay until it was investigated further or action was decided. -------------------------------------------------- I was asked for another investigation meeting after 7 days which I've done. This was to go through some statements by those involved, cctv footage (which showed us entering and me doing normal things. I got some uniform out as obviously I hadn't intended to stay out which he asked if I had predetermined to do). I found out about the missing hour and a drink. I've agreed and held my hands up each time I entered the building at 6am, obviously must of been a intoxicated a little from the alcohol but when my shift began I honestly felt fine, just hungover. --------------------------------------------------- I received a call yesterday that I was to have a disp hearing in two days time and a letter would be emailed to me as I was okay with that instead of a letter as the letter would be too long. At 7pm I got a call from HR in London stating this was to be postponed(if at all it was to be done again) as the investigation wasn't finished on their end and she would hopefully do this tomorrow, she stated she would let me know if any action would be taken (or my site would contact me), if I would be needed for another investigation or if they decide to proceed with a disp hearing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm totally at a loss for my actions, I didn't intend them and expect to be fired, I love my job but recognize the severity but I'm feeling more and more stressed at the time it's taking to be resolved when I've admitted to stuff and been honest. I've been suspended for 14-15 days now (which is supposed to be as quick as possible), I'm not allowed to speak to anyone who works there (Despite being close friends with a lot of people) and such. I'm struggling to understand what more they need.. I find a few things odd however: - If I was deemed to be intoxicated why wasn't I sent home at 9 am and not instead till near my shift end at 2pm? Surely if I was bad I'd be much better at 2pm? - I'm far from the only person who works there who has been out till 5-6am, and gone to work at 9 smelling better sure, but technically would still be under the influence of alcohol without any punishment/words. - Unauthorized access I was unaware of this and generally didn't know and due to previous times I've been in thought it was okay. I understand I'm suspended for the gross misconduct, but the other 3 guys involved have been allowed to talk to each other, and worked for the past 2 weeks, I've been forbidden contact, surely it's not fair that they are able to collaborate stories and stuff? I can't do that. It can't be too impartial in their statements. And 2 of them entered also intoxicated, whilst not in shift they came in irrespective and I didn't force them. Seems unfair a little. -How much to mitigating circumstances be taken into account? - There is another Team Leader who sufferers with depression, however at least twice in the past 6 weeks she has been sent home for being hungover. Surely she should suffer disciplinary like myself? ----- I realize I'm in the wrong all over and have admitted this which is why I'm so confused with the length of time its taken, its also a huge stress cause,I can't even talk to friends from there concerned that I'm not in work, and I can't start any jobs until I'm fired/finished or know when I will be meaning the closer it comes to xmas the less likely it will be that I can get a job for rent. Does anyone have any help they can share at all? I'm well aware of how stupid I've been and dont' need any more critiques of this, believe me my head has been more than enough the past 14 days.

Hi, I wonder if you could help me. I have received an Attachment of Earnings order from the court, but I have already come to an agreement with the creditor about making a monthly payment to clear the outstanding debt. I have made an immediate payment to them today, and will be making further monthly payments, starting next week. Do I still have to complete the Attachment of Earnings form? I would prefer not to, as I don't want them to write to my employer, as this could have a detrimental affect on my job. Thank you for any help you can offer, Daz