been sacked from work for theft but employer wont get police involved can i get police involved?

Answer 1

If you want to, you could go to the police but I doubt whether they could help you much.
Have you been to your union/association?
The problem with this is, that under employment law you do not have to prove something beyond reasonable doubt, just the balance of probabilities.
This means that if your company could reasonably convince 51 people out of a 100 that you were responsible, then they can discipline/sack you.
The only way is to take it to an employment tribunal, see a solicitor who specialises in employment law.

Answer 2

Is your point that if you didn't steal then someone else must have?

There are a number of possibilities: that someone else did steal, that it's fraud and you were sacked to cover it up, it's an error and the object of the theft has just been misplaced. In the first two cases a crime has been committed and should be solved; though the police would be unlikely to take action if the employer regarded the issue as resolved.

In any of these cases you would have potentially been wrongfully dismissed. Though there might be reasonable grounds for your dismissal on the basis that the employer could reasonably have though you committed the theft (even if you didn't). If this is really important to you then you need to get the services of a solicitor. They may also be able to advise on and redress on the basis of the harm done to your reputation.

Answer 3

What are you looking for out of all of this? If you are innocent, then your best remedy is the Employment Tribunal route, providing that you have worked for your employer for 12 months plus. In order for your dismissal to be fair, your employer must follow a proper procedure in establishing a reasonable belief that you are guilty. This must come about as the result of a properly convened Disciplinary hearing in which you were entitled to be accompanied. There is no obligation upon him to call the police, although there is an arguement that a reasonable person would have done that. I am an Employment Law specialist but not practising at moment for family reasons, but I would be happy to advise you, drop me an email or reply to this post

Answer 4

I'm unsure why you want the police involved. If you were dismissed for theft, and you are not guilty of such, then that amounts to "defamation of character."

Getting the police involved in that scenario is not the answer. Defamation of character justifies tort action. You should sue your former employer for defamation of character. Don't sue in small claims. Go see a lawyer.

Answer 5

Need more details. Did you commit theft? If you want your job back, get a solicitor and take them to an employment tribunal, if you didn't commit the offence. If you did do it, don't bother trying to get your job back. The tribunal would want to determine if you did it in order to see if it was an unfair dismissal.

The police can't do anything about your boss sacking you anyway. They exist to deal with crime, you have a civil issue.

Answer 6

No, you could go to a tribunal for unfair dismissal but it may backfire on you if you are guilty of theft. Your ex boss probably doesn't want the bad publicity of the police turning up at their premises. Either that or they were looking for an excuse to sack you anyway.

Answer 7

You can only get the Police involved if you are the complainant in regards to the theft.

Answer 8

It would have been for the aggrieved person (the employer) to involve the police if they wished. Or do you wish to accuse yourself of something?

I guess your problem is more to do with your dismissal, which is nothing to do with the police. It's a civil matter not, criminal, and I'd suggest you go to the CAB for advice.

Answer 9

I feel your pain

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but in criminal law only the victimof the crime can make an official complaint to police and have an incident investigated.
Unless the victim is unable to speak for themselves, like murder of diminshed capacity cases.

However you can always take it to small claims or an employment tribunals, which is covered by civil law, and where in this case you are the victim, of unfair practices.

Answer 10

If you stole from your employer or anyone you worked with,be thankful that the police aren't involved. If you've been wrongly accused of theft,i suggest you go to the CAB and ask to see their employment advisor...