Ok, I'll try my best to keep this brief but I doubt I will. It's also probably going to be rambly so if I need to clarify anything please let me know....
OH started working for his company in January 07. In March this year he got laid off due to shortage of work and is now claiming job seekers allowance. Now the main thing I need to get across here is that OH doesn't want to go back working for this company. Following ACAS' advice, as it has now been more than 4 consecutive weeks since he worked for them, he sent them a letter on Wednesday requesting that they either make him redundant or provide him with 13 weeks full time work within the next 4 weeks. The letter he sent them also stated that they needed to get back to him in writing within the next 7 days (again on ACAS' advice).
His company have just hand delivered a letter, well I'd call it more of a note, telling him to go into their offices on Monday morning. There is no explanation at all as to what they want to see him for or even who the letter is from within the company, other than it is printed on letter headed paper. It literally just says can you please attend our offices on Monday 27th at 10:00am followed by a scribble of a signature which we can't even make out.
This is where and what I need adivce on if anyone can help. Working for this company has completely ground my OH down, and when he realised who the letter was from he started shaking, so if possible we really need to avoid any meeting with them as there is no way my OH can handle it.
The way we see it at the moment, is for him not to go to this meeting as the letter wasn't sent by post or anything like that, has no formal signature at the bottom and as I said before there is no explanation as to what they want him for. We really don't know what to do now, and are starting to wonder if we've followed the right procedure. If anyone has any advice on what to do we'd both be extremely grateful.