Employment hearing
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
Only as a representative of an employer.
We won. The dismissed employee lost.
But the Tribunal really made things difficult for the employer. They picked through every small detail of the procedures that had been used when the employee was sacked. Stuff like whether the wording on the final dismissal letter was 100 per cent consistent with the wording on the letter inviting the employee to a meeting to discuss potential dismissal, and whether the internal appeal hearing had strayed away from the original issue.
It might be worth your while thinking about how you might get the tribunal to conclude that the employer hadn't followed the proper three-step dismissal process to the letter.
We won. The dismissed employee lost.
But the Tribunal really made things difficult for the employer. They picked through every small detail of the procedures that had been used when the employee was sacked. Stuff like whether the wording on the final dismissal letter was 100 per cent consistent with the wording on the letter inviting the employee to a meeting to discuss potential dismissal, and whether the internal appeal hearing had strayed away from the original issue.
It might be worth your while thinking about how you might get the tribunal to conclude that the employer hadn't followed the proper three-step dismissal process to the letter.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Which tribunal are you going to?
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southampton
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well i was only given one very minor verbal in almost 4 yrs service, then out the blue was suspended, attended a disaplinary held for ten mins, then told there and then i was sacked,, reason... gross misconduct, because in the contract i had it stated they can sack anyone for continuing to do their job to satisfactory standards... yet was never told verbally or in writing ever, that my standards were poor and that i needed to improve, now where s the justice in that
?Dandyman
In London village.
Have a read through this.
p.s. Have appeared a number of times for employers side & always won.
p.s. Have appeared a number of times for employers side & always won.
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ok thanks for that, well they never followed proper procedures in my case, it was a case of ..our contract with client is on a knife edge anyway, so get rid of the employee at whatever cost to keep the contract sweet...
Dandyman
In London village.
The 3 stage process was abolished last April, but an employer still has to follow a "fair process". If you can show that your employer failed to follow a proper procedure then you may win on that alone. Were you advised of concerns prior to the dismissal meeting? Were you given the right of representation and were you given a right of appeal?
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no not advised of concerns, also at the disaplinary ..the womam holding it refused to read any of my greivance letters or notes, stating...she never had time, also not 1 single letter or witness statement wad produced or shown to me, my view is that the firm had made up their mind to sack me before id even got there, was not represented, no union and worked alone, had appeal lost that, no evidece again, shown to me..
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Well this time next week i will be in a tribunal court seeking justice for my unfair dismissal last sept.... anyone on here been there, won/lost
I didn't get that far! But the very best of luck to you.
withdean62
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- Aug 20, 2008
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if the employer thought you were not doing your job correctly,there should have been documented meetings discussing this,giving you guidelines for improvement and a fair timeline to improve on on which you both agreed.seek copies of these which from the sound of it dont exist therefore they sloppily and incorrectly dismissed you in the wrong.I have been on the employers side of this many times and knew we had to have everything correct or we would have lost.if you need anymore help,not sure how much i can offer PM me,best of luck
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He won an out of court settlement in court? How far did proceedings go.
Well he turned up at court all ready for the hearing when he got told about them willing to settle out of court so never actually made it into the court
Northstander
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- Oct 13, 2003
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Just attended one as an employer and won outright, my support and documentation was spot on there was no where to go.
As previously advised, if you had performance issues, this must be brought up by the employer and support offered to overcome this with documented evidence of the meetings with a note taker present and evidence of the support provided!
As previously advised, if you had performance issues, this must be brought up by the employer and support offered to overcome this with documented evidence of the meetings with a note taker present and evidence of the support provided!
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ok thanks for that, no i was railroaded into a disaplinary and sacked on spot, for something so very very minor, on day of hearing i phoned employer stating i was too ill to attend, they insited i got there and had someone come all way fromn london to collect me, and my hearing was rushed big time, 10 mins in fact, as the woman holding the meeting was running late for a meeting with a client.. complete farce if you ask me...