Before I start I apologise if this is very longwinded! In March whilst looking for a document on my work pc I came across a log that was being kept about me. It had been going on for about a year and had been started by my manager. She was relatively new to the job and it started when a work colleague had told her that I was a bully. There were then regular logs (5 pages of A4) of things that I was supposed to have said and done all of which were lies. I had never been informed or approached about any of this. There was even a meeting planned about me between the business owner, manager and colleague during a week when I was on leave. The colleague cancelled this meeting on the day giving no reason. Some of the things I was supposed to have said are absolutely horrendous and things that I would never have said. Fast forward to when I found the document…..I confronted my manager and told her that I had seen everything that had been written. She was mortified and very apologetic. A meeting was then called with the colleague who had instigated all of this as she had to be told that I had seen the document. She denied saying any of it and said to me that she was sorry I had to see it. She then left the building and a week later handed her notice in. I haven’t seen or heard from her since. No further action was taken against my manager for the breach of confidentiality and I have never had an explanation. I am wondering if this has been handled in the correct and legal way. I am finding myself becoming increasingly angry about the way that I have been treated and the fact that my feeling haven’t been taken into consideration at all and there seems to be lots of loose ends. I worry about everything thing that I say and do. I have a lead role but am worried about delegating in case everything is twisted and I am accused of bullying. I dread going into work, I had annual leave last week and was paranoid that things were going on behind my back. Can anybody advise me on how to a) move on from this b) advise me where I stand legally. This is totally unrelated to the above but 3 weeks prior to me finding the document my mum passed away suddenly. I didn’t have the strength to deal with what was happening at work and I wonder if they took advantage of this.
I appreciate anyone who has read this
thankyou