Should I inform his employer

[Candycat1212]

My ex was convinced under the domestic abuse act last year and sentenced to a community payback order.

I'm assuming he didn't inform his employer of this as he is still working for them. His employer is a large company that apparently supports many domestic abuse organisations. Legally, would I be allowed to inform his employer of his convinction? Would he be allowed to find out it was me that told them? Would it have any legal comeback for me? I don't want to end up in a johnny/Amber situation. I'm in the UK.

They may well know about it. An employer cannot sack an employee for a conviction unless it has a direct impact on the employment relationship. If he was working with survivors of domestic abuse, they may be able to sack him. However, if it is simply a case that they support organisations working in that field, his conviction is irrelevant to his work, so any sacking would be an unfair dismissal.

@prh47bridge He works in finance for a large company, in contact with alot of female staff but probably not any vulnerable people. So if i reported it then its unlikely anything would happen? I'd possibly be putting myself in danger of him retaliating for nothing?

I'm sorry this happened to you and hope you are okay, but I'd just leave it. You don't know if his employer are aware and if he's out of your life then what's the point apart from wanting some kind of revenge

It isn't obvious that the conviction is relevant. They can't take a domestic abuse conviction as meaning he is likely to abuse female staff, even if they were vulnerable. I can't be sure, but I suspect their HR people would warn them that sacking him would leave them open to losing an employment tribunal case. So I think it is unlikely anything would happen.

Tbh, if they know and do nothing you telling them doesn't matter. If they don't know and they find out about it through you then they have an option for disciplinary action (if applicable)