Here's the deal. I am employed by a municipality in the metro Detroit area. About 3 year ago a fellow employee began to avoid me and voice his dislike for me because he "did not like the way i treated people". His first claim of harrassment against me was for repeatedly waving to him when i saw him on the road. It was looked into by our Human Resource department, I was questioned and the matter was put to bed when I agreed to not wave to him anymore if it made things easier for the employer. A couple of months later was the next official harrassment claim. I had purchased a super bowl square and wrote my name and his name in it with hearts. The employer attempted to discipline me on the matter but refrained when I questioned their involvement in disciplining me based on my behavior in an illegal gambling pool. The third official harrassment claim came the next year when I went to Las Vegas. Some of the guys at work collected a sum of money for me to place sports bets for them. When I opened the envelope and read the bets and names I saw this individuals name. I did not put the bet in and returned his money immediatly upon my return from my personal vacation to Vegas. He filed a harrassment claim because I did not put a bet in for him on my personal time. Most recently the fourth claim came because of an email his wife recieved from my email account. I had his wifes email address because we had both served as Union presidents and we corresponded. I had not used the account for some time when I got a call from someone who explained that they recieved and email with a link to a website selling prescription canadian drugs. 118 people recieved this email and she was the only one that tried to use it against me. I contacted my ISP and established the email was in fact not sent by me but generated by a hack into their system. The matter was looked into by my employer and dismissed.
My question is simply this. At what point is this constant barrage of harrassment claims against me grounds for a claim myself. I am not a frivolous person and I do not intend to act in a borderline situation but these constant attempts to affect my employment status is a bit ridiculous and I cannot take it anymore.
Please advise.
My question is simply this. At what point is this constant barrage of harrassment claims against me grounds for a claim myself. I am not a frivolous person and I do not intend to act in a borderline situation but these constant attempts to affect my employment status is a bit ridiculous and I cannot take it anymore.
Please advise.