No smoke without fire

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My fiance works for a large corporation within the UK and has been suspended from work and he says he doesn't know why. It's been 8 weeks since this happened and he says he has no idea but it might be something to do with a works night out and a student he shared a taxi with. All sounds very odd and lots of people need to be interviewed which is why this is taking so long. He's VERY worried about this and I'm very suspicious of what he's been up to and I'm sure he wouldn't be suspended for sharing a taxi with a student. He's been checking back through text messages and worrying there's something there to incriminate him but he swears it's all a misunderstanding but I'm one that tends to think there's no smoke without fire. AIBU to think that?

You seem a loving, supportive wife. Im sure he'll be fine

Oh dear I’m not surprised you’re worried. Was he drunk? I presume it was a female student? It sounds like he said or did something that was perceived as inappropriate.
I’m surprised he has no idea why he’s been suspended though, I would have thought his bosses would at least have given him an idea of what was being looked into.
It doesn’t necessarily mean he’s done something wrong, and maybe he needs your support at this , understandably, very anxious time. Innocent until proven otherwise!

Does sound suspicious that he doesn’t know the allegation

Well, he's lying through his teeth. So that's not a good sign.

Do you think he's assaulted the student?

He's lying.

Of course he knows why he has been suspended.

Sounds like the student has made an allegation of some kind.

I'm pretty sure when they suspend you they have to explain why or at least what the accusation is... please correct me if I'm wrong though.
So, I think alarm bells would be ringing for me. Sounds more like he might not want to tell you, rather than not knowing.

Surely they have to tell you why you've been suspended? Not 'you're suspended and there will be an investigation but we're not telling you why'.

He's chatting a load of bollocks and I completely agree with you OP

If he works for a large corporation he knows the allegation. No one is suspended and not told why. No one.

From what he has said it would seem he has made some form of inappropriate move on this student, that's serious enough for him to be taken out immediately.

Yeah, he knows why he's been suspended and the fact that he hasn't told you suggests it's true, unfortunately.

If he works for a large corporation he knows the allegation. No one is suspended and not told why. No one.

^ This

He knows. Tell him he needs to tell the truth. Now.

I realise that you only have his version of events.

Corporations typically have to give a written explanation of the grounds for suspension with an outline of what happens next and the timescales.

Do you know if your DF is suspended with pay?

Do you have a timescale for the investigation? Or an indication if this is being conducted prior to a formal hearing?

Has DF contacted a professional association/union?

I know that people will not have been able to talk to DF prior to being interviewed/giving statements but I'm a little surprised that he has no colleagues who have mentioned that they have given statements. That said, some corporations do have very strict procedures.

He will know why OP. At least every organisation I've worked for tells you why- your suspended for X whilst investigations take place.

He's been suspended on full pay. Lots of interviews to do. No timescale. Not that I'm aware of anyway. He insists he's done nothing wrong.

He knows why :(

He will know why, especially with this rubbish “oh it might be about a taxi with a student “. He just doesn’t want to tell you what’s it’s about.

Why on earth would he be looking through text messages to see if there's anything incriminating? Those are not the actions of an innocent person. Tell him to tell you the truth. He's not at the moment.

What notanurse said. He knows what it is. I imagine something sleazy. If it wasn't potentially relationship threatening he'd have told you already.

100% he will know why he is suspended. No large company or in fact any decent company would suspend someone without telling them why even when they are carrying out further investigations. People can be suspended as protection for themselves and the business as such but he would definitely have been told the reasons why even if just an allegation.

How much have you pressed him for information OP? Have you asked what paperwork he's received about the suspension? Is he part of a union and has he had any meetings/phone calls with his rep if so? He will know what the allegation is and I agree with Peach, the fact that he has lied to you about knowing suggests it is true.

I would be insisting on seeing paperwork and being told the full story, will he tell you if you sit him down and tell him you need to know do you think? If you think he still won't then you'll have to get a bit creative, tell him you were worried so started looking into legalities and you've found out they have to tell him what the allegation is. That you've started looking for legal advice and want to push forward with forcing his employer to give details of the allegation so you can begin to build a case in his defence. Back him into a corner basically so he has to tell you the truth. Sorry this is happening to you OP

He 100% knows what the reason is, he's too scared to tell you.

I would prepare for it to be something you don't want to hear. Is student female? Sorry, OP.

Student is female.
I've pushed to a fair extent but due to things being very difficult in my family at the moment I haven't seen that much of him lately. If I ask he denies any wrong doing.

I don’t doubt he denies it and no one is saying he is guilty, but he will know what the allegation is.

Sorry OP but it's not looking good.