I’ve been accused of coming into work smelling of alcohol.

[TheLightSideOfTheMoon]

I haven’t. I don’t really drink.

But this is the latest in a line of people lying about me.

I’ve come back today after two weeks of being signed off sick and an hour into my shift I’ve just been informed of this.

Now sitting in the staff room with panda eyes.My boss isn’t here. I don’t know what to do.

Part of me just wants to go home again.

People giving Op advice might want to search her other work related threads for background info.

Good advice.

Was just about to say this

Have searched and this definitely sounds like bullying.

(Is the person who is doing the bullying the one you and your Dh gave a lift to A&E and you stayed with her for 8 hours and offered to pay for a taxi for her to get home and had grief from her mother for abandoning her Dd?)

I was going to say this.

Is this usual? If so, they're bullying you. Keep a record of everything. If you have verbal conversations follow up in an email or text reiterating what was discussed.

I've just done harassment training and this is classic.

Do you have HR?

Personally, I would email my manager, HR and say blah blah blah I am more than happy to do a drugs and alcohol test.

TBF if anyone had been drinking they would have sobered up by the time Amazon delivered it, even with Prime delivery

😂

Jungle 😁. Obviously I was thinking of any future instances

Say what you want to say.

chemist?sell drinkometers.

I have, thanks.

It sounds like you need to be putting in a bullying and harassment claim in with your work.

Don't take this sort of crap it's done deliberately fight back!

It's gotta be hand sanitiser - the one I recently used in IKEA actually made me gag because it smelt like Tequila!

Id be tempted to say That’s strange, when I was talking to Linda I thought her eyes looked strange as if she had taken something. Maybe it affected her sense of smell?

But I’m petty.

Sometimes if you get really hammered the night before, you can still smell a bit in the morning. I wouldn’t worry about it. No harm done and they can’t prove it. Make sure you brush your teeth before work and you’ll be sorted.

You were signed off sick
You were suspended 4 weeks ago according to this thread you started on the 4th October.

so you were suspended for 2 weeks
then signed off sick for 2 weeks
www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4648184-ive-been-suspended-for-shouting-at-a-service-user

and how is your first day back in the office?

And today is your first day back after 2 weeks suspension and the two weeks sick leave … correct?

Do you use mouthwash? They are alcohol based usually and could be confusing your colleagues

get a breathalyser if youre not guilty

Do you have any idea who might have said this of you? Are you being bullied in the workplace?

report the person who reported you

HR will of course deal with it - I am an Employee Relations manager and these situations are our bread and butter.

1.Firstly, someone alleging that you smelt of alcohol is not 'evidence' - it is your word against hers.

2.Secondly, you were not actually working that day so you could legitimately have been as drunk as a skunk!

3.* *Join a union TODAY (you should be able to do it online) - they may or may not be willing to represent you because the situation is already ongoing, but they will still advise you.

4.Raise a complaint (informally for now, reserving the right to go formal) against this person and say that you do not want to work alongside them while your complaint is investigated.

5 Make a note of all the false allegations this person has made against you
Include any interactions between you that could be considered negative

6 Note any witnesses who could verify your rebuttal of the allegations

7 Just in case all else fails, make sure you have legal cover on your mortgage if you have one, because they could fund a case for constructive dismissal in the future, should it come to that.

8 Ask your employer for their policies on bullying, Dignity at Work and Grievance

If the allegation is false, which it seems to be - let your accuser prove the reverse! From what you are saying she is a horrible piece of work!

Yes, it was the person who DP couldn’t pick up from A&E - excellent memory.

I have emailed a statement to a higher manager. I did this yesterday afternoon, they have acknowledged the email but I’m not expecting to hear back for a few days.

I had a panic attack over it at work yesterday but wasn’t able to leave so finished the shift feeling like I’d been beaten up under water.

Yes, was also the same person who said I’d shouted at someone. I had another witness who said it didn’t happen so it came to nothing. I just ended up having paid time off.

I went off sick because my depression was exaggerated from the stress of that accusation. I started new medication and needed time off for the meds to ‘settle’.

Yesterday I was really upset and anxious. Today I’m just pissed off. Partly because so many other colleagues appeared to know about it whereas no one had mentioned it to me.

The situation is ridiculous.

Basically I’m worried that next time she says something I won’t have a witness. And I also need to know why she’s doing it.

I need to swot up on human behaviour.