Work related - grievance

[Holidaymodeon]

Hi, posting here for traffic!
Writing a grievance, ACAS has advised it but won’t read it prior to sending.
Can’t go to citizens advice as it is linked to my work…
is there a legitimate organisation who will read my grievance prior to sending?
it is long and covers so many issues in multiple areas, primarily disability discrimination, bullying and poor, possibly illegal practices but I am conscious I am coming from a place of high stress and emotion as well as sick with pain and don’t want to write a sprawling document that might be overkill and not taken seriously.
I’m neurodivergent and have been told I give too much info and find it really hard to pare down whilst maintaining the importance of the grievance.

thank you

I am sorry for what your going through. Not helpful but heart felt

Do not make it over complicated.
Use your organisations relevant policy
Use bullet points
Link clear examples to policy points
DO NOT WAFFLE
Do not be emotional

Facts all the way

As pp mentioned bullet point it, give dates and be clear about the incident/issue, also state whose action was detrimental.

it is helpful actually and much appreciated, this is a lonely and hard process and one of those damned if I do and damned if I don’t scenarios, I’m worried about being the scapegoat but if the situation is untenable I have nothing to lose I guess, I think I am torn between personal grievances around disability and other issues related to my employment and a more general whistleblowing type reaction about shocking procedures and not following the organisation’s policies and ethos etc x

Wow! Thank you, you’re amazing! Fascinating as your current career is my goal, and seriously considering retraining.
I have done a few ACAS free courses in support of other work.
I am working in a position where believed I would be instrumental in bringing about positive change for people like me and it’s destroying me that the job I applied for is the complete opposite of the actual work .
and yes, as you say, I’m following everything acas advises to the letter and the acas process feels very ‘hands off’ , I had no idea I could go for conciliation at this stage, based on their advice , so much to get my head around

Thank you! I thought it was just me!
If I provide the level of information requested here I feel even more vulnerable, plus it’s not the support I’m asking for rn, if it comes to the point of a tribunal I can prepare for a possible interrrogation, currently my nervous system is on high alert due to the horrible circumstances , I have sadly stayed too long somewhere completely unsuitable because I truly believed they would be the employer they sell themselves to be.

If you recall my first contribution to this thread you'll know I've been through something similar and sympathise greatly with the effect it can have on the nervous system.

There's no need to persevere with this thread if it's causing you unnecessary stress. You've had some great advice and some very generous offers of help. It's time to step away and turn some of that advice into action.

Genuinely, good luck @Holidaymodeon x

What a lovely person you sound, yes I do need to step away, it’s like re traumatising myself reading some of these comments but others have been so kind and incredibly helpful, far more so than acas at this stage, so I’m glad I braved aibu !
I will take time tomorrow to extract all the relevant information and make a next steps plan.
your username feel very apt for this evening!
thank you again 😍

It’s really not about interrogation. A tribunal considers whether an employer followed its own policies and came to a reasonable decision. The arguments you would make at tribunal would hinge on whether your grievance points were properly considered. For that to stand you need to have the right grounds.

I haven’t once asked for any personal details about your conditions or what adjustments you requested. I’ve only asked about different processes that should have taken place so I’m not sure what you think is so terrible about that.

If you’re arguing that they failed to law reasonable adjustments, then it could matter who recommended them. Your ATW award was made for a different job (and I’ve never heard of them recommending other adjustments). If you declared a disability during onboarding then you should have been referred to occ health. The fact that you said your manager “found” a local occ health provider on google recently suggests this didn’t happen. They could be held liable for that.

You discussed adjustments before starting the job. If you have notes of that or written confirmation, that could be helpful. You are clearly very stressed and naive of this process (your expectations of what ACAS do show this). The ET process is brutal. I was actually trying to get you into the strongest position for the grievance to stand the best chance of it being upheld and getting a settlement to avoid ET.

But if you don’t want that help, it’s fine. It was offered freely and it makes no odds to me if you take it or not. Good luck.