[UK] Can anyone please advise on next steps?
Hey everyone, I really need some advice.
Apologies for the long post.
I work for a large corporation which you would definitely of heard of.
I am currently signed off of work due to work related stress.
I need to be somewhat vague because this is ongoing, I have been signed off for 4 months and have another fit note for another month at this moment in time.
To cut a very long story short, there is an employee who is just an absolute bully and a nightmare and everyone wants them gone.
I was coerced by senior management and co-workers to lodge a formal grievance about this employee as I shared a small office with them. I sent my official grievance letter to my manager, who then edited it for me to make it more professional, then sent it back to me to lodge. Unfortunately this was done via Teams and this has now self deleted due to the time frame, so I have no proof of this.
My manager and supervisor acted as if they had no clue about the grievance and when I had the meeting with my senior manager and HR, my manager had to act like this was the first they heard of this.
I was advised the grievance was upheld in full, and then left pending ongoing investigation. During this time I was left to sit with this problem colleague and one other co-worker, I was left in total isolation for weeks and sat in silence for 8 hours a day due to being purposely ignored and isolated by them . (The other coworker had been severely bullied by the problem employee previously so was scared to go against them and instead joined them to get the target off their back)
I messaged my supervisor many times asking for an update as my work environment was toxic for me, and I was basically left in the lurch. I have lots of text messages and voice notes in my phone from my supervisor telling me to be push the problem employees buttons etc to get them gone quicker.
Something happened and I had enough. I felt like I had been used like a pawn in there corporate game of chess and was left to deal with the isolation and toxic environment.
Anyways, I don’t want to go back. I had issues previously with this company and I don’t feel comfortable going back to work.
How, or can I request a settlement? What’s the “ins and outs” of it and do I have a case? Or can I go further, and take this to a tribunal as my workplace had massively affected my mental health and I do not feel comfortable returning.
Please feel free to ask me any follow up questions if I have missed and needed important details.