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reminded them that this was not only about Susana Martin's bullying me but also the eleven months of ongoing bullying by the Camp Two colleagues. During the meeting they tried several times to minimise my complaints and to convince me that it was a problem with Susana Martin. Actually not even that, it was just an allegation, they said. I replied several times that it was a problem ongoing for eleven months. They seemed to try to minimise the problem all the time. I mentioned the Gibraltar Bullying at Work Act during the meeting. I pointed out that I was not myself during the meeting, making clear that there were still ongoing mental health issues. I also pointed out that if I had to go back to Susana Martin the following day, I most probably would collapse again resulting in further sick leave for mental health reasons. I also pointed out that the Camp Two bullying was ongoing although they suggested it had stopped or improved. Still Danielle Wood tried to downplay everything and continued to repeat that I had to go back to my team. I became desperate with their attempts to make me go back to the bullies without solution and I therefore offered to take up annual leave so as not to have to return to Susana Martin and the Camp Two bullies immediately. To my surprise that offer was accepted so somehow they must have agreed that my problems were serious enough and they had accepted that going back would cause me further mental health problems.

205. On 10th April 2018 HR sends the minutes of the meeting: "Susana cause of your distress" ... "Can I point out one thing, I started out in May last year with a lot of illusions and hopes, almost every single day since I started working, I’ve been bullied, if not by team leader then people in the team, 11 months" ... "Are you aware of the Bullying act here in Gibraltar?" ... After reading the minutes, I came to the conclusion that the whole meeting had been a waste of time. HR was pushing me to go back to my team but without any solution provided. At least I was on annual leave now, so I could escape the bullying for a few more days.

206. The minutes of the meeting between me (BVT) and Danielle Wood (DW):
DW Read your email, thought it would be good to have a chat, Susana cause of your distress, concerned about the RTW and how that would happen, so thought we could start by us having a chat, Emma taking notes, one thing to say, Emma not typing down all notes, just the key points. I’m going to start with the return to work interview, good starting

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