I hope you can offer some guidance.
Last July, dh had an accident at work. Because he didn't follow procedure properly, they classed this as gross misconduct. On appeal he was re-instated by the owner of the company at head office. The manager who sacked him was a depot manager. Without being horrid about him he was on a power trip. We sought advice from a solicitor who said the worst was a warning for not reporting the accident properly as they had no procedures in place on the day dh worked which was alone. Dh had a case for unfair dismissal.
Anyways his accident resulted in major leg surgery being brought forward. His was sacked, reinstated and had major surgery within 16 days. This followed a period of 5 months off and he is currently using up holidays before going back next week.
He doesn't want to go back so has started to look for other employment. He applied and went far down the recruitment process with another company. They said they were confident they could place him at either of the 2 cities we live between. They would come back to him shortly.
I should say at interview they asked about defences. Dh was completely honest and told them about his current employer. Tried really hard to say he had learnt from the experience and not to slag them off. He said he would rather they didn't apply for references but understood if they wanted to.
So he hears today that he is not being offered a position due to the managers discretion. They we very short with him. He is very worried that they have applied for and received an awful reference.
He is part way through interviews with another firm and is hoping to hear about formal interview any day now. Is the anything he should do differently? Anything he should say? He doesn't want to stop people applying for references but if his current employer are sticking the boot in - which we don't put past them, we are stuck. Help if you can!
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gregssausageroll · 22/01/2013 17:31
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