DH has worked for the same company for about 7.5y now. Started as at the bottom and has been a manager for coming up to 6y now.
Late Jan the company started to do major re-constructing of the business, loosing a few highly paid members of staff. One being DH's area manager. The new area manager (lets call him X) has always been blunt with DH from the start and when he was made a manager X said to him 'if i was your area manager you'd never have been my choice'...
Fast forward to about 4mths ago, DH was getting really ill with anxiety, panic attacks and depression because of how X treated him on store visits, he would spend the whole 6hrs of his visit shouting at DH instead of discussing things with him, he likes things very differently to how DH is used to so it is a big change, along with knowing X dislikes him.
DH finally went to the GP after being on the verge of suicide because of incidents on a particular day at work with X. He was put on AD's and is seeking every type of help avaliable to him. Due to financial reasons we could only afford for DH to be off work for 6wks... he returned to work about 5-6wks ago now.
This last week DH has been investigated for 6 things, all of very little importance, but together make it look like DH is incompetent at doing his job. When DH returned to work he had a 'back to work meeting' in which he asked for support in getting himself back into the role and getting his store to the standards wanted by X. X had promised to attend this meeting but on the day didn't turn up- instead he had a 1 to 1 with DH a bout 2 wks ago. DH told him how he felt and X seemed to take it fine on the day.
Since the 1 to 1 X has been documenting every single thing DH has done 'wrong' in his eyes, ie- things that were supposed to be a tool to help DH are now being considered compulsary, so where DH hasn't filled it in 100% of the time thinking it was only to help him he's being disciplined for it... also DH had a conversation with him about something at the end of the conversation it was confirmed for DH to continue sending emails, but not confirmed for DH to still make daily phonecalls... 2 weeks later as DH had not spoken to him he's pulling DH up on it saying he failed to do as instructed- why couldn't X phone to ask why he'd not called?
Today a second disciplinary is taking place because he is questioning DH's ability to work within his 'work profile'... DH is ill, he requested support and he has got none, he has requested help with getting back into his role and he has got none...
with all these things being thrown at DH all in the space of 3 days he is at rock bottom, i fear for his health and his safety- is X being unfair on DH? does anyone know what we can do if DH is ultimately sacked because of these things?
I'm sat here in tears just worrying how we're going to survive this...
I need any information or links possible to help so we can appeal or take them to court for unfair dismissal should DH loose his job. He's been applying for jobs left right and centre, he's applied for over 200 jobs in 2 weeks (not counting before then too) and heard nothing back from any... so we need to do whatever possible to stay afloat and to get the right outcome from this.
X has also been known to have 'bullied' people enough in the past that they have left, with X having a high standing position within the company (used to have a v.high standing job in the company) DH fears that if he files a grievance it'll be laughed at....???