Workplace retaliation
Things changed at work after you spoke up. Start the record now.
Retaliation is about timing: what you said or did, and what changed after. Shifts cut, a bad review out of nowhere, being left out. The record that matters starts before anyone calls it a case. Start it now, quietly, somewhere that's yours.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026
You spoke up, and something changed
- The date you raised it, who with, and how (keep the email if there is one)
- Every change after it: schedule, duties, pay, reviews, meetings you're no longer in
- Reviews and messages from before you spoke up
- Who saw what, and when
- How it has affected your work, written on the day
You've been told you're under review
- The letter or email that told you, and the date
- What you're said to have done, in their words
- Your own record of those dates: rosters, emails, messages
- Every meeting: date, who was there, what was said, written up the same day
- What you were asked to provide, and when you provided it
“Your own statement” sets out your entries in date order, numbered as paragraphs, with a page at the end to sign by hand. The words are yours.
How it works
One record, either way round.
Everything in one place. Your own notes, photos, files, emails, pasted texts and voice notes go into one dated register for this case.
Two dates on every entry. When it happened, and when you wrote it down. The second date can’t be changed, not by you and not by us.
Letters for both directions. 84 letters, eight of them written for the person answering. Each one fills in the facts from your record and leaves the ask blank. What you want is yours to write. Nothing is sent for you, and when you send one, it goes back into the record as a dated item.
Emails go into the case. Every case can have its own email address. Once you’ve turned it on with Copy in the case’s “Email it in” box, the emails you write from your case carry it in BCC. Emails you forward from your own sign-in address file themselves; anything else waits in Mail waiting until you check it.
Get an AI to help, if you want to. Copy a ready-made request into your own AI and bring the answer back. When it comes back as a letter draft, BuildMyEvidence checks its dates, amounts, item numbers and names against your record. There is no AI inside BuildMyEvidence.
One case file at the end. A cover, a one-page summary, the contents, then the record, numbered and dated, with every file at the back. The summary page also downloads on its own.
What it costs
Free to build. $59 once, when you want the finished file.
Building the record is free, for as long as you need it. So is reading every page of the case file, downloading any single file, and taking everything out: every file you’ve added, each with its fingerprint. You pay $59 once per case when you want to download the finished case file, the summary page or the itemized packs. No subscription. Nothing renews.
What it won’t do
It won’t tell you what happened, who’s right, or what to ask for. It doesn’t give legal advice. It keeps the record that anyone advising you would want to see.
Questions
- Should I use my work email or laptop?
- Keep your record on your own phone or computer, in your own account. Work systems belong to your employer. If you're unsure what you can keep from work, ask before you take it.
- Is it too early to start?
- No. A record kept from the start is easier to follow than one rebuilt from memory.
- Do I need a lawyer?
- BuildMyEvidence doesn't give legal advice. If you speak to one, the case file is the record they'll want to see.
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BuildMyEvidence works for any situation where you need a clear, dated record.