Workplace Red Flag Journal

When something feels wrong at work, write it down before the details disappear.

The Workplace Red Flags Guided Journal is not a blank notebook. It is a structured record designed to help you document concerning workplace behaviour clearly, consistently and in chronological order.

Whether you are experiencing unexplained changes to your workload, repeated criticism, exclusion, inconsistent instructions, ignored reasonable-adjustment requests or the sudden creation of a disciplinary paper trail, this journal helps you separate isolated incidents from an emerging pattern.

Instead of relying on memory months later, you can record what happened while the details are still fresh.

Record the details that may matter later

The guided pages help you document:

• What happened, when and where
• Who was involved and who witnessed it
• The exact words used, where you can remember them
• Emails, messages, meeting invitations and other related documents
• Changes to your duties, workload or treatment
• Requests you made and whether anyone responded
• The effect the incident had on your work, health or wellbeing
• Actions taken by your manager, HR or trade union
• Follow-up promises, deadlines and outstanding questions
• Repeated behaviour and developing patterns

Why keeping your own record matters

Workplace disputes are often reconstructed from emails, meeting notes and management records created by other people.

Your own contemporaneous record can help you:

• Prepare for meetings with your manager or HR
• Organise information before raising a grievance
• Identify unanswered requests and conflicting explanations
• Brief your trade-union representative or adviser
• Locate supporting evidence more quickly
• Build a clear timeline if the situation escalates
• Challenge inaccurate or incomplete meeting records
• Explain a pattern of behaviour without relying solely on memory

Designed for real workplace situations

Use the journal to record concerns such as:

• Bullying, harassment or exclusion
• Disability-related treatment
• Ignored reasonable-adjustment requests
• Sudden or disproportionate workload changes
• Unexplained performance concerns
• Meetings arranged without a clear purpose
• Inaccurate HR or management records
• Retaliation after raising a concern
• Pressure to resign
• Disciplinary or capability processes
• Conflicting instructions from different managers
• Concerns about how your personal information is being used

Do not wait until you need the evidence

By the time a workplace problem becomes formal, dates blur, emails disappear into long threads and important conversations become difficult to reconstruct.

The Workplace Red Flags Guided Journal was authored by award winning author and  successful litigant in person Alison Mcrobbie. This journal is the start of some very important recording and  It guides you through the important details most people do not realise they may need to record until they are already deep inside a grievance, investigation or legal process. This journal helps you begin that record early—while dates, conversations, decisions and inconsistencies are still fresh.

Notice it. Record it. Keep the receipts.

This journal is an organisational and educational resource. It does not provide legal advice, establish that unlawful conduct has occurred or guarantee the outcome of any grievance, claim or legal proceedings. Seek appropriate professional advice where necessary.