My hubby was a bus driver and after 9 years service to the company, he had an accident at work - no one was injured or anything, just quite a bit of damage to bus and parked car. He was dismissed from work for gross misconduct, tried to appeal and that failed
We have now had to apply for benefits and with 3 children, 3 cats and a dog to look after, let alone bills and a couple of debts we are really really struggling
Last week he had just over £3000 paid into his account. He phoned to ask what it was and was told by payroll and by the manager that it was his dismissal notice, 1 weeks money for every year he had been there. So things started to look up a bit - I paid off a couple of debts and at least we could survive for a little while longer!
However, today hubby phones work to arrange picking up his file (he might take them to an employment tribunal) and the manager informs him over the phone that he needs to pay the money back as it was an administrative error and a letter will be sent out
Not only that, it turns out that they have put on his file he was "driving without due care and attention" (this is not true and the police are taking no action) This is now going to make it near impossible to get another driving job.
Seriously, I don't know how much more stress I can take
Sorry to anyone who has read all of this, but thanks for reading