I recently left a massive blue chip company for a thousand reasons which revolved around pay, working hours, customer service including unfair charging and issues which I left called my morals into question.
I was in a senior management position and to cut a long story short I had to sack people for their continued sick absence. The decision to fire someone fundamentally made by my boss and HR but I had to complete the procedure and write the justification for ot. I should note that my payrises etc were witheld whilst I had more than 5% of my staff off sick. If I failed to dismiss people who had breached 180 days sick then I faced discipline procedures as it was deemed that i could not manage performance effectively.
I soon realised that decisions like this I found very uncomfortable and so resigned from my post. I am now 8 weeks pregnant and the company have contacted me to say that 2 people I dismissed are going to tribunal for unfair dismissal. I have asked what happens if I dont want to attend for a company I left for moral reasons and they have said they will sends me a summons etc.
I'm not denying I dismissed these people (bith had been off sick for over 400 days in 4 years)however the company has all my notes around the decision. I had a to prepare a decision rationale for each case.
The whole thing makes me feel sick, I dont want to represent a company that i walked out of, I have enough on my plate with morning sickness etc and they have advised me that I have to notify them of all my antenatal dates, scans etc and periods in hospital so they can ensure I am available for tribunal. The whole thing is making me feel sick. Where do I stand if I refuse to act for a comapny I am loathe to defend?