By MarcuSmith - 25 Nov 25 11:45 PM
Hi All
In my first post here I mentioned that I had informed my employer of my conviction. Specifically, I informed them between hearing and sentencing with the consequences that my employer put a senior manager in the court for sentencing, and subsequently dismissal for gross misconduct for a) conduct outside office, b) my presence on the SOR, and c) waiting until after hearing to inform them. At the time I was employed by a big-name financial services organisation in the City of London l, and my conduct policy stated I should inform them promptly upon criminal investigations being initiated against me. My offence was of a sexual nature and I'm currently serving a community order. To clarify I was signed off sick between my police interview all the way through to sentencing and then the dismissal process at work.
Has anyone else informed their employer whilst employed? Was this because of their work contract or for other reasons?
What experiences did people have? Did people retain their employment?
Did anyone ignore their contractual obligation?
Was anyone dismissed for gross misconduct as a result of informing them? How has that effected your efforts to find alternative employment?
I bitterly regret telling my employer. As my offence didn't involve children and I didn't work with children, both the PPU and police have stated no disclosure would have been necessary. My concerns for the future are that my SOR status is now known to my former colleagues and, I suspect, former colleagues. Nothing has been gained from informing them (my case was subject to reporting restrictions), so I wish either that I had returned to work and claimed I'd had a breakdown, for example, or resigning to retain a reference and ensuring only those in the court had ever found out.
I would be interested to hear others' stories. I feel as though I have made my life much more difficult than had been necessary by informing them.
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By khafka - 26 Nov 25 12:05 PM
With the power of hindsight I could've probably handled mine a little bit better, the overall outcome would've still been the same so I don't know.
I didn't tell anyone except for one close friend. My hope was I could get through the whole thing without many people knowing and move on. For reference, I was convicted on an images offence.
One of my later court dates was reported on in a local newspaper and that was that. That obviously spread like wildfire. I got an email from work saying not to come in and I was suspended pending their investigation. About a month later I had a HR phone call thing to tell my side of the story and they'd go away and come back with their decision. Unsurprisingly they came back and sacked me for gross misconduct, it took them all of about 5 minutes to come to their decision (I just assumed they had already made it before the initial phone call and this was all just a formality box-ticking exercise).
As fate would have it, everyone got laid off about 6 months later so in the grand scheme of things I was going to lose my job anyway.
I've since managed to find alternative employment, it's not quite as much as I was earning before but I'll be honest I'm happier now as I work from home too so that's a plus.
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