laws on dismissal from work UPDATED

[Kerrse]

we have a policy where if you own up it doesnt matter what you do (within reason  ) but if you try and hide it your'e f**ked

Defo the way it should be, nothing more annoying than people trying cover up f**k up's. The sooner it is apprent what has happened the sooner it can be fixed and procedures put in place to hopefully stop it happening again.

[daz veedub]

well been in this morning and ive been dismissed 

the fact he found a printer asleep at the machine is ok apparently as he (managing directer) has fallen asleep before whilst driving 

he said iam a good lad, have had good attendence and iam welcome to apply for a job there if anything comes up  but he cant let the fact that ive f**ked up 10k job he even said i did the right thing in admitting it rather than bullsh!t him 

after i was suspended last week i was signed off by the docter with anxiety depression for 2weeks (more if needed) is it possible to be sacked whilst on the sick, i know i was on suspension but only whilst they looked into further 

[JulesS3]

They will need to do an investigation, however it isnt a court room, they only need to be staisfied it was you to dismiss you.

[brett]

thats a bit harsh ,i work as a laminator aswell and one  of the blokes below me f**ked up actually laminated wrong film together claimis at 60k atm and that was over a month ago and he hasnt even been given a slap on the wrist yet,hope it all gets sorted

[brett]

sh!t just caught up with whole thread ,sorry to hear that mate ,bit confused though how can he sack you saying cant let f**k go then say your welcome to apply again 

[brett]

i'd also find out bout the treatment pens as there an important part of the job and if they havent supplied them and you've been asking for them then surely there to blame also

[JulesS3]

Can you prove you asked for them? Can they prove you were the cause (cctv, someone saw you etc)

It doesnt look good imo

[Kerrse]

I would go & see CAB as you may have a case for unfair dismissal, take your contract if you have one. It seems very harsh to sack you for one mistake and especially as it was only 10k !

[brett]

ye seems bit harsh to me also but dunno if thats just coz you can get away with anythin where i work ,to be honest its a joke,like i said earlier bloke below me on machine f**ked up and last we heard it was at 60k and he hasnt even been spoken to and some of it went to customer ,work that one out

[Len]

You can fight it, but you wont get your job back!
Sounds to me they are also using it as an excuse to cut costs and save paying you redundancy.