Usdaw / staying with employer while building up a case against them.

[Inalittlepickle321]

Has anyone used USDAW’s legal assistance to represent them in something like an Unfair Dismissal/Victimisation/Failure to adhere to Code of Conduct etc against their employer?

I was hoping to use the legal assistance on my home insurance but all reviews say to avoid 🚩

Also, is it best that I stay with this employer to build up more evidence (easily done!) or do I save my sanity and go broke (also easily done which will absolutely break me) while I put together a case? (Unknowingly to them)

Have you been dismissed or still with them?

If you stay you may be deemed to have accepted the breach

I haven’t broken any company policy, a colleague is gunning for me and purposely inflaming any situation they can by using flying monkeys, instigating situations where there are no witnesses, intimidating me non-verbally and so on.

Everything is documented and being relayed to management and I am being looked after to a degree, but this one person is absolutely out to get me. Every time they are spoken to about their code of conduct they up their anti and get more abusive towards me via other people. (Who refuse to tell management)

How are they abusing you via other people?

What is the case you are building against your employer for?

Have you raised a grievance?

If you are a member of USDAW then get union advice from them asap regarding your situation. Don't let it drag on doing it yourself. You need representation. It sounds awful for you. I'm so sorry.

Get them to pass inappropriate unprofessional personal messages on to me, giving me work orders that should come from management senior to themselves as this person doesn’t have authority to order me….this kind of activity.

I genuinely don’t know what case tbh.

The behaviour of the colleague has worsened since I raised a recent grievance. Unfortunately my manager spoke to her ‘off the record’ trying to get them to back down but this has made them up their anti bigtime.

If you’re in USDAW surely you’d be better taking advice from your union rep who you can share all the details with?

If you have raised a formal grievance then the manager needs to go through the correct procedures. Having off the record chats isn't part of a grievance procedure. Your management are giving you the run around and not dealing properly with your complaints.
That is why you need your union to support you. Get in touch with your Branch rep or ring the office for help.

USSAW have said just to keep everything documented but it’s got to the point where I just feel physically sick at having to go in.

All senior managers are supporting me whereas lower level ones aren’t really in the loop and are just keen on hitting their own targets to get their financial bonus.

This person public-shames me relentlessly every workday by accusing me in front of many people of lying and on every occasion I have been proved to be telling the truth. The more I complain the more aggressive they become.

You need to tell USDAW that it is escalating. They should be supporting you and representing you on your grievance.
They need to up their game.
Potentially, if you end up leaving work because of bullying and management's inability to deal with it you may have a claim against your employer. But this is why you need to get USDAW to act and be more pro active.

Ok. Thankyou. I didn’t know if I should continue with them or now escalate it to a lawyer, or continue collecting more ‘evidence’.

USDAW will have their own legal team versed in all the legislation that applies here. You can go into more detail with them.
The difficulty sometimes lies with local reps who can be a bit hit and miss. So try and get to talk to a Branch officer if you haven't done so, you'll need their help to take it forward through your local Full Time Officer or Women's Officer. Have a look online also at the USDAW website for more information.
All the best. They sound an awful bunch at work.

Plus your employers Grievance procedure will have stages e.g Investigation stage, formal stage, appeal stage. Make sure you have a copy, you are entitled to access it. There are time limits to these stages, so if your employer is not adhering to it or stringing it out, that's also something your union needs to know. An Employment Tribunal would also look at how your employer behaved in dealing with your grievances should it come to it. Hopefully you can get the right support in place to sort out this awful person.