OH had an affair with a member of staff. Can he fire her?

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My OH recently had an affair with a member of staff ie someone he employed. She works in a very close environment where they can’t easily escape each other. What can be done, legally? I’m in pieces every time he leaves for work. Can he sack her? Could I dismiss her if I became a director?

Yes, he can sack her for any reason at any time.

As an aside if your current boyfriend cannot be trusted not to have sex with her at work and therefore you want him to sack her when he does not, why are you with him?

does He own the company? He needs to get legal advice and offer her an exit package - very generous.

then I suggest you get desperate legal advice about the divorce.

OP, what on earth are you going to write as the reason for her dismissal? I assume you are going to now ban DH from ever hiring another woman again given the poor man can't control his penis?
I absolutely understand the ball of fear everytime he goes to work but HE choose to do this to you, and you choose to stay. Firing her won't fix the fact he can't be trusted, if he wants to see her or some other woman he ll do it while at the 'gym/golf/working late' etc

Some companies do have a policy that the person in the higher position is seen as more responsible for the affair and they’re the one who loses their job.

Ive seen it a few times in my industry where a senior manager sleeps with a more junior employee and the senior person is fired while the junior one remains in their role.

Never a story not improved by a good dragon or two.

0/10.

This.

Many do, but as it appears that the OH owns the company it probably doesn't apply in this case: or if there is such a policy it won't be applied to him.

How does AI get bored?

Obviously I have no idea if this is true but I'd bet anything it was written by a person

If he doesn't own the company he can look for work elsewhere.

If he does own the company and you've taken him back and don't trust him then sack him.

You being "in pieces" does not justify, morally or legally, sacking someone your OH betrayed you with.

This is true as it happened to my friend (kind of).
she started a job, married director admitted feelings for her, she admitted feelings back BUT didn’t even act on them (ie no physical affair)
he fired her for “being bad at her job”, she rightly took legal action, he agreed a settlement before court as he knew he’d lose. She’d been there just over a year.

I imagine you’re in denial right now, and perhaps looking for ways to “fix” this. This isn’t it. Sure, you hate her, and that’s understandable, but it’s not her fault. You’ll never get past this, even if he gets a new job, you’ll just be worrying about it at the next one. Ditch him and enjoy your life.

As her boss I would suggest he is the one who ought to be fired for improper conduct. Of course he can't sack her and neither can you.

I thought troll hunting wasnt allowed on here, judging by this thread has that changed?

She can sue him/the company, if he fires her.
If you become a director and fire her, she can sue you/the company instead.

I presume they were both consenting adults? I'm not surprised you're not happy but I think your options are - see if she will take a pay off to resign and you stay with the cheater, or he fires her and she takes him to the cleaners, or you divorce him. Unless you decide to live with it you're losing a lot of money one way or the other.

lol, how passive aggressive. 😂

Why are you worrying about her, and not leaving him?

Get some self-respect. You’ll never be able to engineer that it doesn’t happen again.

The both of them are awful people, not just her. What's his punishment OP?

Yeah but we aren't supposed to troll hunt.

Exactly that!!

Right😂

I guess you're going to have to veto every hire from now on, so you only hire men or women you believe he wouldn't put his dick in.

All very healthy.

I've got a pound says the OP will not return to this thread.

However, I'm very happy to lose that quid, because I'd pay ten times that to see what she says next.