Use case · Workplace harassment & employment tribunals

Evidence of workplace harassment and bullying, preserved before it disappears

Capture it · Seal it · Verify it

Before filing a grievance, before HR locks down channels, before colleagues delete messages — capture the evidence. A certified record of Slack messages, emails, or rota changes is essential to a credible employment tribunal claim.

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RFC 3161Qualified timestamp
Ed25519Signed manifest
PDF + ZIPTribunal-ready package
Certified evidence package illustration
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    Capture it

    Save a webpage, record a browser session, or certify a file.

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    Seal it

    A cryptographic seal and timestamp help reveal later changes.

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    Verify it

    Anyone can check the evidence package independently.

Why a screenshot is not enough.

Workplace evidence disappears quickly once a complaint is filed. Screenshots alone are easy for the employer to challenge.

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HR can delete channel historyAdmins can erase Slack, Teams, or Workplace messages — including your screenshots' source.
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Colleagues delete sent messagesOnce the dispute is public, evidence vanishes within hours.
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Phone screenshots crop critical contextSender, channel, time, and reactions are usually missing.
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Employer disputes authenticity"That conversation never happened" is impossible to refute with a JPEG alone.

What a certified workplace-evidence package contains.

PDF

Signed PDF certificate

Tribunal-ready affidavit summarising what was captured.

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Browser session video

Recording of Slack, Teams, or webmail with messages visible in their original context.

HAR

Network log

Proof of which platform served the messages and at what time.

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RFC 3161 timestamp

Independent third-party signature anchoring the evidence to a specific moment.

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SHA-256 hashes

Cryptographic fingerprints of every captured file.

ZIP

Metadata ZIP

Manifest, signature, public key for independent verification.

How to preserve workplace evidence in five steps.

Document the file before, not after, filing a grievance.

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Use your own device and accountPersonal Gmail, personal phone — never use the employer's device, which they can wipe.
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Capture chat messages with a Browser SessionSlack, Teams, WhatsApp Web — all certifiable in real time.
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Capture emails individuallyFor each relevant email, certify the webmail view or save the .eml.
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Save schedule, rota, and HR portal pagesCertify any policy or schedule that may later be edited by HR.
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Build a chronological fileEach certificate ID becomes an exhibit in your tribunal bundle.
Start your certificate

What counts as evidence of workplace harassment?

Harassment is usually proven by a pattern, not one message. Keep everything that shows what happened, when, and who was involved.

  • Messages in Teams, Slack, WhatsApp or SMS from the person concerned, and replies from colleagues who saw it.
  • Emails: insulting or threatening mails, but also sudden exclusion from mailing lists or meetings.
  • Posts and comments about you on social media or internal platforms.
  • Changes made to your work: rota or schedule changes, removed tasks, lowered appraisals, pages edited in the HR portal.
  • Your own incident log: date, time, what happened, who was present, and where the evidence is (note the certificate ID).
  • Witnesses and medical notes: names of colleagues who saw incidents, and any GP or occupational-health notes.

Each certified capture gets a qualified timestamp, so your log can point to evidence nobody can later claim you edited.

How to capture each evidence type.

Slack, Teams, WhatsApp at work

Browser Session — scroll through the channel or chat in the controlled browser.

Email evidence

Webmail page certification or .eml as a File certificate.

Live HR portal interaction

Use a Browser Session to record schedule changes, policy edits, or termination notices in real time.

Workplace-evidence questions, answered directly.

How do I prove bullying or harassment at work?

Build a dated file: certify the messages, emails and posts as they appear, keep an incident log that refers to each certificate, and note witnesses. A pattern of dated, verifiable records is far harder to dispute than screenshots.

What evidence do I need for an employment tribunal?

Contemporaneous records carry the most weight: the messages and emails themselves, changes to your schedule or role, your incident log and witness details. Certified captures with a qualified timestamp show the records were not edited afterwards. A lawyer or adviser can tell you which claim fits your case.

How do I preserve Slack or Teams messages before HR removes them?

Open a Browser Session at /certificates/new, log in to Slack or Teams in the controlled browser, scroll through the relevant channels, and finish. The session video, network log, and signed PDF are bundled into one evidence package.

What digital evidence helps an employment tribunal claim?

Tribunals weigh contemporaneous records highly. Certified captures of messages, emails, schedules, or rota changes — each with a qualified RFC 3161 timestamp — form a strong contemporaneous file.

Can my employer detect that I captured this?

The capture happens in an isolated browser on our infrastructure. Your employer's admin tools cannot see instantproof.legal activity. Always check your employer's acceptable use policy before capturing on a work device.

What if HR has already deleted the messages?

Capture whatever remains accessible to you immediately — DMs in your inbox, threads in personal Slack workspaces, screenshots you already took. Even partial evidence with a certified timestamp can corroborate your narrative.

Is this legal advice?

No. This service creates technical evidence artifacts. Legal admissibility depends on jurisdiction and circumstances. Consult qualified legal counsel for advice specific to your situation.

Digital evidence. Made simple.

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