Thank you all for your nice words! *hugs*
Soccorro: Been to the hospital. Mom is still in a coma.
I'm sorry to hear that and hope that things turn out well. Didn't hear of that before, as I wasn't even lurking the last days. But if you need to talk, you know how to reach me! *hug*
ddickinson: You don't have to worry about sharing your problems here, the place is full of quite a few lovely and caring people who I am sure would be more than happy to lend a friendly ear and offer some support.
I am not really up on my German employment law, but are they able to just dismiss your wife without giving a justified reason like that? Will she at least be getting redundancy pay of some sort? And in regards to the reference letter, in the UK at least there is some degree of legal protection towards them lying on their letters, is that not the case in Germany? I know you mentioned the union being able to help, but does Germany not have legal backing in the form of an employment tribunal?
I am guessing maybe not. I really hope your wife will be able to get some help and that she finally gets the reference she deserves. I wish you both the best of luck, and I hope that the bad parts are behind you now for the most part and things will keep improving.
No, I don't worry bothering you - I know that here are great people all around. I just didn't feel like writing this down until now.
My wife could be dismissed without reason because her boss has less then 10 employees, so there won't be any redundancy pay. But fortunately the german unemployment insurance is quite good for the first 12 months, so there will be not too much financial trouble and we have time to find something better.
According the reference letter: German laws say they have to be good willing, what's definitely not the case. It reads as if she's willing to destroy my wife's career entirely. Going to court is always quite expensive, ut the union told us today they're willing to take all legal actions on her behalf, so there's hope. It's just shocking to see all this hatred, but now we now what poisened the atmosphere at her workplace all the time.