Employment Help

[chrisuk013]

I raised a grievance at work against a manager at work.

The grievance came back with a decision and I am currently in the period were I can 'appeal' the decision(which I am going and the company are aware of this), however the manager in question has contacted me during the appeal period. Is he/she allowed to do this?

I did ask the manager to stop texting me before I raised the grievance against him/her and to put everything in email form, as his/her behaviour was becoming aggressive and erratic and I was becoming distressed by him/her sending me text messages. However, this week I started receiving communication via text message instead of my requested method. I am beginning to feel alarmed & quite distressed by this manager.

What should my next steps be?

[woofgang]

DO NOT RESPOND TO THE TEXTS. save them and pass them to whoever is in charge of the Grievance procedure. I hope that you also saved previous texts and have passed them to the person in charge of the grievance procedure.

[Peter Pedant]

anything interesting?
anyway
save and print out - say that contact is not appropriate
and tell THEIR line manager ( or your new one )

actually the interference should not affect the case

[remember alleging harassment will make your case HARDER to make and NOT easier - so use sparingly. yes I am speaking from experience - used to be a union rep basically]

[MallyJ]

I really hope you have explained all this to your union..they should be your first port of call for advice.

[fiction-factory]

Can you block the number?

[woofgang]

I'd let the person continue. I wouldn't answer them just print them off and pass them to whoever is supervising the grievance. I wouldn't be claiming harassment or saying anything apart from "I want you to see these"

[Maydup]

You could raise another grievance about the manager sending these texts.

[Peter Pedant]

// You could raise another grievance about the manager sending these texts.//
you cd
strongly suggest not - and rely on - "a case shall not beget a case"(Judge Judy) - it makes life difficult for all parties particularly you with the first case