25-08-12, 07:19 PM
It's sounds like one, they are resisting a unionised workforce.
Two they want to drive down, rates of pay, terms and conditions, and not have to follow the law of the land.
Three, they probably don't want any, or the minimum number of long term employees they can get away with.
And sorry to make a political point, but what has happened to you is exactly what the Troy party is/was proposing to make legal. That is that any company can sack any employee at will, without reason. It's on the back burner due to the outrage that surrounded such a proposal, and of course the Tory party does not have a majority. If they had a majority it would be done, and any of us could get fucked like this.
Your company is using the term redundancy, as already pointed out, as an excuse.
Keep in touch with your solicitor. Make sure that your solicitor is working 100% in your best interest. You want to know exactly what the best and worst possible outcomes are. Sadly in the UK, (we have the worst employment rights in the EU) you can often win a tribunal and be worse off than if you just moved straight on (if that is possible) to another job. Make sure your solicitor is not only sure he will win this (as described it's and open and closed case) but that you should be more than adequately compensated.
That's my thoughts anyway. Good luck chilly.
Two they want to drive down, rates of pay, terms and conditions, and not have to follow the law of the land.
Three, they probably don't want any, or the minimum number of long term employees they can get away with.
And sorry to make a political point, but what has happened to you is exactly what the Troy party is/was proposing to make legal. That is that any company can sack any employee at will, without reason. It's on the back burner due to the outrage that surrounded such a proposal, and of course the Tory party does not have a majority. If they had a majority it would be done, and any of us could get fucked like this.
Your company is using the term redundancy, as already pointed out, as an excuse.
Keep in touch with your solicitor. Make sure that your solicitor is working 100% in your best interest. You want to know exactly what the best and worst possible outcomes are. Sadly in the UK, (we have the worst employment rights in the EU) you can often win a tribunal and be worse off than if you just moved straight on (if that is possible) to another job. Make sure your solicitor is not only sure he will win this (as described it's and open and closed case) but that you should be more than adequately compensated.
That's my thoughts anyway. Good luck chilly.