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Testifying in favour of your employer or boss in a Tribunal case, to what extent will you do this against a ..?

current or former collegue who has brought an action/case against your employer/boss? To what extent would you be prepared to lie in order to keep your own job or prevent victimisation of yourself?

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Normally testimony by a collegue against a current or former colleage in tribunals is dealt with through the ordinary rules of evidence and procedure. Hence any embellishment of facts has to be tested through cross examinations. However cross examination is also subject to variables such as the ability of the cross examiner, how good the witness is in lieing or telling the truth etc.

Should there be a rule that tribunal judges should automatically be slow in making a negative inference against the claimant based on evidence given against him/her by other employees who may be scared in testifying against the employer.

I know that this would have to be coupled with a lot of judicial discretion depending on the circumstances, for example: if an employee is caugt red handed stealing by fellow employees, then it is obvious and factual that this is what the testimony would be, but in victimisation and discrimination cases, where the incidents are not so cut and dry?

2 days ago

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I would not lie in order to protect the company - irrespective of the consequences.......if they are prepared to lie to get rid of an employee - who is next - YOU, possibly.....

If you lie - they will have you forever in their control - think about it

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• Lie your butt off. Testifying against your employer is not a good strategy for keeping your job in any economy, much less one that is as bad as ours is now.
  
  This is a really bad time to be unemployed. Forget what is the "right" thing to do and lie in favor of your employer, if you have to. But if you have to lie to protect the company, it's time to start actively hunting for a new job. Jump ship at the first opportunity.
• if someone has done something wrong then they have no one to blame but themselves and if tetsifying is the way to get them punished then id have no sort of doubts about it.
  
  however if the reverse is true and the company has done something wrong then i would have no doubts about testifying against them either. however i would liase with an outside agency and make my company aware that i have the power of the law on my side and if my life is being made unbearable they WILL be right back in court again.