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interpretation. E.g. nowhere do you state that my suspension has ended on some date. In the context that I asked specifically for an extension of suspension for the dates that you explicitly do mention in your e-mail, those dates (27th April, Wednesday 2nd May, Thursday 3rd May, Friday 4th May and Monday 7th May) were exactly the ones I asked suspension for. This leads me to believe that suspension was granted for those days. Apart of this you state "Therefore, we will expect you back on your next shift on the rota." This for me means the day after Monday 7th May you mention, being 8th May. Nowhere do you write a different or earlier date and time on which you expected me back at work. As such this is for me a clear confirmation that my suspension was granted. Your e-mail was written though in such an obscure way that depending on the way you look at it, it can be given contradictory meanings, this must have been done intentionally.
What confirms my sincere persuasion that indeed extended suspension had been granted, is that although you now claim I had to be back at work on 27th April at 10h00, only on the 29th April at 16h15 Susana, the team leader against whom I filed a bullying complaint, called me. In the department where I work these are the people (managers, team leaders and shift supervisors) who according to procedure should have called me on 27th April, 28th April and 29th April at the BEGINNING of each shift to ask why I didn't appear or was running late: Mouhayar Samira, Schiena Daniela, Martin Susana, Munden James, Dello Nigro Francesca, Parker Mark, Surget Jean-Philippe, Carusi Antonella, Cook Stephen, Krapf Fabien and Pizzo Daniele. Eleven people in responsible positions DID NOT contact me on three consecutive days, clearly because they had been under instruction that my suspension had been extended. It is shocking that the person who I have a documented complaint against, is the one who calls me on two days, this is obviously a continuation of the bullying and I felt and feel very distressed because of this. As I informed you that I appeal the bullying investigation decisions, that means that that person, Susana, is STILL under investigation and NOT in a position to contact me directly.
I already assured you some days ago that I will definitely need every day till 8th May to go through thousands of e-mails for a proper documented appeal. That you now revoked the suspension that I am convinced was granted initially is pure sabotage of my right to appeal and defend myself. This is entirely unacceptable and a clear act of victimisation.
Another obvious act of victimisation is the refusal of my annual leave request to go to Belgium for family reasons and because I need to renew my Belgian passport, without a passport I cannot travel. I already mentioned this is a matter of urgency. Annual leave could EASILY be granted as for the dates I asked there is cover by other members of the


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