I've had to name change for this.
Before DC, I used to work in an organisation managed by the local council. The council was the official employer and did all the HR but other than that, I never directly dealt with them.
As soon as my direct employer found out I was pregnant, they started trying to bully me out of my job. There were "concerns" (which somehow never surfaced before my pregnancy ), meetings, grievances, more meetings and A LOT of bullying from my (hitherto very nice) supervisor and the organisation's leadership. I lasted till my maternity leave and was seriously considering coming back for a month or two before moving elsewhere under the council umbrella. But baby was sickly and I was literally in bits at the end of maternity and really couldn't face having to battle through work again, so I resigned.
This was 7 years ago. At the time I took maternity, I was told there was an ongoing disciplinary against me and it would resume when I came back.
I'm now returning to work. I've been offered a job in a similar organisation under the same council. I've got references from volunteering, so far so good.
I'm just panicking that deep in the council archives (or worse, on their server) my old employee file still sits. That when the HR are processing my new contract, somehow my name will pop up and that nightmare from 7 years ago will come back and bite me. I've tried googling how long councils keep ex-employees' files but it seems to vary widely.
Please tell me I haven't been tarnished forever! I really, really need this job
If anyone on here knows how council pre-employment checks work, please share your insight.
Or if anyone else was steamrolled into quitting your job because of pregnancy and later managed to return to the same system, please let me know.
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RaspberryDoughnuts · 06/10/2017 18:52
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