The Monday-Wednesday is authorised leave. I'm more confused about the Friday one - is not being available on what is normally my rest day breaking the terms of the suspension whereby I have to be available during office hours? I'm certain they're going to dismiss me anyway so not too fussed about cancelling just to find out for certain!

Thanks for the answers emmzzi Altobelli - yes, still suspended. As mentioned in OP, was invited in for an Investigation meeting last Friday but not heard anything since then. The reason given for the suspension was "pending an investigation into an alleged accident". However, I was told verbally that the investigation was completed on the 16th September (2 days after the accident). Not sure it makes a difference but the letter I was given informing me of my suspension (dated 2nd October) states that I was "notified verbally on the 14th September" - this was the date of the accident and I was certainly not informed of any suspension (possible or otherwise!). Further, it was on the 16th that I was informed there would be no suspension so that part confuses me somewhat I have an additional question - according to the letter, as I normally work nights, I must make myself available during normal office hours (which I have done) but on Friday, I will not be available as I'm away for the weekend and this was booked months ago. Also, I will not be in the country from Monday through to Wednesday (Friday is a rest day normally and the Monday-Wednesday is annual leave) and this was also booked some months ago. Am I allowed to rearrange any meeting or would it be deemed that I'm breaking the terms of my suspension by not being available. The letter of suspension states that being unavailable due to unauthorised leave is a disciplinary offence so bit confused about the Friday!

Hi all Bit confusing this but hopefully it will all make sense.... I work for a warehousing company and had an accident on an item of MHE on Friday 14th September. I work nights and the incident happened towards the end of my shift Friday morning. I returned to work on the Sunday (work Sun-Thurs) and completed the paperwork. I was told by my supervisor that he had discussed it with the Ops manager and the Ops manager said no further action to be taken. Subsequently, the Contract Manager told another supervisor on another shift that no action was to be taken, before relaying the same message to my Supervisor and I continued to work as normal. On Tuesday 2nd October, I was told at the start of my shift that I was to be suspended for this incident. I received a letter this morning inviting me to attend an investigatory meeting this afternoon which I did. I now believe I may be dismissed for this incident. My questions to anyone that can help me are: 1) Can a company wait over 2 weeks to suspend me (bearing in mind the Ops manager was actually on site for the Sunday after the incident, and indeed for the rest of that week, did not know of the incident, and told me personally that there was no reason to suspend me or take further action as it was a genuine accident) 2) I was due to be suspended on the 1st October but was on annual leave. I have been made aware that the news of my suspension was discussed by numerous colleagues on the Monday and Tuesday before I found out myself Tuesday evening. I believe most, if not all, of the employees in the warehouse knew I was to be suspended before I did. Can I do anything about this? 3) I am under a final written warning for another accident (5 months to go), which I wholly believe was incorrectly given and my appeal was unsuccessful - my grounds were dismissed without being discussed and the meeting descended into a surreal discussion about parked cars!. However, there are numerous legal grounds for believing the warning should not have been upheld. Is there any grounds to have the original warning discarded from this investigation? 4) The company I work for is involved in 3rd Party Logistics and the customer has high volumes of work at month-ends and low volumes at the start of a month. Could I suggest/infer that the suspension has been timed to allow for me to work during the high-volume period (I am held in high-regard amongst the supervisors as someone who works hard and does numerous hours of overtime) 5) There is talk on site that my investigation is only being held now due to another accident on site last week and the HSE being involved due to the seriousness of it. Whilst almost impossible to prove, the timing seems coincidental at best Any help would be most appreciated