It is a maintained school. I have asked for all the evidence, e-mails, memo's notes etc before I go to any meetings, and will have a union representative with me. Once this has been dealt with I will then persue a grievence procedure as I have had enought. I went through some minutes from October 2006 onwards and it mentions extra support (because I raised my concerns of workloads and lack of training etc) but over two years later nothing has been done. There is more but I would only drivel on. So I'm in it for the long haul of getting this mess sorted once and for all. Alex

I do belong to an educational establishment. I will be taking in a union rep. I had a phone call this morning, 11:40 saying the suspension is lifted and I can go into work tommorrow pending the disciplinary meeting. I then get a call at 13:40 saying the suspension is still in place and can I come in tommorrow for another chat/interview. This pushed me over the edge and went to see my doctor. He has signed me off and the reason is work related stress. As a side I found an e-mail that basically said, I need to do your review but X can't find your last one so we will do it without it. Also this review was way overwhen it shouild have be done as Y could not fit it in. The lost review is the one that I expressed my concerns over workload and training. Alex

Hope this helps Alex

Hi I have worked at my existing place of work for over seven years. When I started they had a very basic network setup, i.e a few computers with a computer in the corner acting as a shared network drive and it was totally unsecure. Forward to the present day and we have a totally intergrated network, secure and a lot lot larger than before. Because of this massive expanse of hardware and software I have asked repeatadly for extra training, which has been refused up until last year when i was allowed to go on a advanced ECDL course. This is not the course I wanted but as it was free the school was ok about it and it ws the only thing on offer. So, seven years and no real training. So to get to the issue I was suspended today because the server data back ups have failed. The first failure was 19/12/08 which was the day that we broke up so i would have been unaware of this until the 06/01/09 when i returned. The exact dates are: 19th December-Friday This was the last day of term and the back up failed that night despite working ok before that. I was not reasonabley able to check them as the time up to the 6th January was a workl holiday. i.e work was closed. 6th January-Tuesday My first day back from the Xmas break. Noted that the back up had failed over the Xmas Holidays and made attempts to reset the back up device. Back up unsuccessful up to the Friday despite resetting the back up device and taking other reasonable steps to rectify the problem, such as rebooting the server resetting the physical back up device and restting 12th January-Monday Came in Monday morning and noticed a burning smell in the server room. Major power failure. Fault traced to a faulty power supply in one of the servers. Fault must have occurred over the weekend? Resulting in all the servers and back up equipment failing. Fault traced and fixed in two hours. Checked back up logs and noted no back ups. Reset back up device. 13th January-Tuesday 2009 Noted back ups had failed again. Requested for support re back ups. Added to this my budget is well under comparable companies in the same area, no training on the new back up system, supposed two weekly meetings with line manager have never happened, repeated requests for support in writing have been ignored. (my workload and amouint of equipment is much larger than when I started). I could go on. What are your thoughts, case for dissmisal or not. Oh, I am also registred disabled and got the job through the Access to Work' scheme via the government, and went through an occupational health check which noted my illnees/disabilities and i recieved dapted equipment for helping me work, BUT since then no support given when asked despite me writing down the daily workload and proving this would take 45 hours a week, I do 37 hours per week, and being refused overtime. Any help appreciated. Thanks Technician