Post ended abruptly - can anyone help me with advice or support?

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I started a new job in January. About three weeks in, i was made aware of a situation that had no bearing at all on how well I could do the job, but I thought I should inform my employer of in the interests of professionalism and transparency.

At first it didn’t seem a problem. I was invited to a meeting just to clarify a few matters. I was then pushed to resign rather than have my employment terminated.

I’m a bit in shock and reeling. Sorry if post makes no sense - it’s left me shaken.

You perhaps need to leave a few more details for advice to be provided.

No one should be pushed to resign but perhaps given how they’ve handled the situation, you’ve found out early what kind of employer they are. You’ll be best taking it as a huge learning curve and finding a new employer who treats you better.

Sorry you’ve been through this.

Thank you, I am inclined to think I’m better off out, but my real worry is relating to money. Hoping my union may be able to help. Sorry for the lack of detail - it’s vague as I’m not completely anonymous on here.

Were you also working another job?

Sorry, you'll probably have to give more detail if you want some decent advice, otherwise it's guesswork.

Was I also working another job? No - sorry, how do you mean?

It’s really hard to explain! Let’s say you worked for a bank, and you had a gambling addiction and it had no impact on your work but you decided to be honest with your employers and they decided to push you to resign. That’s probably a terrible example but it’s similar.

Very cryptic.

Taking you analogy of the gambling addict in a bank, are you the gambling addict? Because you say you were "made aware of a situation" - is the "situation" to do with you or someone else? Or are you saying that you were unaware that you are a gambling addict, were made aware, shared it with your employer and they terminated your employment?

A gambling addict in a bank is a high fraud risk as gambling addicts will often stop at nothing to get more money.

It’s almost impossible to give advice without knowing the actual situation. As PP said, a gambling addict is a high risk bank employee - but if it was more like you work for a bank and found out you had a CCJ from several years back that you were previously unaware of then that’s a bit different.

Impossible to advise without knowing the reason. But unless there is some kind of unlawful discrimination involved, they can sack you easily during the first two years without even having to give a reason.

Ah ok, I thought it was going to be that you had another job alongside this one, and they were saying it was a conflict of interest.

Just re-read and can't understand the "made aware of a situation" but if it's anything like the example you gave of a gambling addict working in finance, then I can understand why they could no longer have you work there.

Clearly there was some issue the employer couldn't overlook.

Giving you the chance to resign was an option.

Do you have another job lined up?

the example you gave may not be appropriate as it is very clear that no one with a gambling addiction should be employed in a bank in any capacity. can you think of a different analogy? your op says "made aware of a situation" so it sounds like it's more to do with something that isn't you personally who has some attribute that the employer had a problem with, is that so?

OP it isn't actually clear what advice you are seeking here, or via your union. If you can at least help us understand what it is that is troubling you about this situation we may be able to advise and support you.

Legally, if you only started 4 weeks ago, then the company has the ability to part company easily, unless you believe they've acted in a discriminatory way. Was your disclosure about a disability or sexual orientation for example? If so and they forced you to resign then they have acted unlawfully if you can show it was as a direct consequence of your disclosure.