have i been shafted

[nobrot]

i have been employed by a company for nine months.i went on holiday 2 weeks ago came back and found a letter on the matt from my employer saying that my services were no longer required.they have paid me till the end of the month i have recieved NO verbal warnings no written warnings not even a telling off they said they had been in touch with a employment consultency and were concerned about my fork lift driving the consultancy thought i had a problem with my coordanation so on there final analisise i was dismissed.i have been a flt driver for 14 years.

[ben_sfc]

take em to court

[buildersmate]

On what grounds? Unfortunately I do not believe there is much you can do. You appear to have been paid in lieu of notice and there is no obligation on an employer to employ someone. Until you have one year's continuous employment, you cannot claim unfair dismissal and although there are exceptions under which unfair dismissal with less than one year's service, you don't from the information given appear to fit one of these groups. They are dismissals related to trade union membership, to pregnancy, childbirth or maternity, for health and safety reasons, dismissals related to part-time status or dismissals related to enforcing the right to be paid the minimum wage.

[bennyboy1982]

i dont agree. if your fit enough to do your job and you havn't had any warnings then the only reason they can get rid of you is by making you redudant which means they cannot employ anybody for a certain amount of time which im not sure how long i think its 3-6 months. if they have employed someone else you can challenge them legally and you will win. just make sure they have employed someone.good luck p.s if they have made you redundant your final wageslip should of been tax free and all holiday accumulated should be included.

[spaced]

an employer can not let go a member of staff after the appraisal or probabtion period has passed and has been signed off. This can be 3 or 6 months, some companies have a 12 month probabtionary period. Once you have passed this and your employer is satisfied you will usually be given a letter to congratulate you on passing the probabtion. After this, you must have verbal and written warnings before being sacked, unless its for gross misconduct which carries a instant dismisal. I would speak to the CAB (Citezens Advice Beureau).