Copied from July 2002 post
Submitted by Halo on 2003-02-13 10:28:46, Thursday
In reply to Do you remember... submitted by Halo on 2003-02-12 08:57:10, Wednesday
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One of the UK's main sporting governing bodies, has written to me regarding my dismissal from my previous employer. I was dismissed for over-use of the Internet at work on Sept 13, 2001 & have survived one scare already, where my emplyer tried to get me sacked from my current job, with a bad reference. I was partly to blame, because, I was always told that you never say that you were sacked from a job on your application form, so I put down the nearest reason & it was accepted by a few decent employers & also received good references from my company written by the GM. In the last scare, the MD who was responsible for the company must've had a bad day, intercepted the application for reference & wrote back personally. (I was always told it was illegal to write a bad reference.) Anyway after discussing my dismissal at length with my current employer, my job was saved. This one is more serious. I am a sports official who sometimes takes charge of youth games & this is where the problem is. I am being accused by the Sports Major governing body of being sacked from that previous employment for a PC related offence which involved young people. This is complete nonsence, but how do I truthfully argue that the images stored in the PC's memory were in unusual circumstances, but not illegal or indecent. To explain to readers here, the parties concerned were mostly fully clothed & participating in events that I've found that are quite popular amongst kids in the US (unheard of in the UK). The web-site concerened has closed or is in the process of moving. All I can say that they were similar to an old site called Wallowworld (don't try to find it as it's URL has been bought by an Asian Porn Channel & no longer has access to the ligitmate pictures that it used to show). I have to submit my answer, agreeing or denying (with supporting evidence), the claims made by my former employer, withing 14 days of the letter to me. On the application form every year you have to tick certain boxes relating to the protection of young people. They ask if you have been convicted of offences or have anything pending. I don't have either so ticked no, so I can only assume that this is another attempt to ruin my life by this former employer, cause he didn't get his own way last time. I have tried with this post to explain the problem the best way I can without breaking any rules, Bach, please edit as required. Any & all replies would be greatly appreciated, you can also e-mail me for further information. I will keep all informed! |
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