1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

[jaydegarland90]

I've been working for charity fundraising on the phones for the past 2 weeks.

I took a day off on Wednesday because I perforated by ear drum. I went to the doctors and gained a doctors note. I couldn't work. My ear was full of blood and I felt dizzy with a severe headache. Work did not like me taking a day off and began to push me into working my day off. (I have to work weekends and I can choose a day to take off in the next week as a day in lieu). I'm not paid for sick leave. On my day off, work rang me and pushed me to come into work. It was my scheduled day off and I told them to listen to the call back as I was not told I needed to come in due to my day off sick but they took it no further.

I have had a holiday booked since July and its only for one day, Saturday. (Im taking my fiancee to london for her birthday) I've requested this off and my employer said that I will be fired if I take off a day.
Is this legal? Don't I have any statutory holiday rights? Or sickness since I even gave them a doctors note. Any advise will be helpful!

[miliitant]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

Your employer is telling you boll===s

how long have you been employed for
ill move on to the contractual issue later

[jaydegarland90]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

Only 2 weeks but surely I can have 1 day off :s

[miliitant]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

Within your probationary period or up to 2 years of employment, the employer can get rid of you with no comeback, only discrimination would be an exception

your contract of employment is the key but you cannot be made to work more than 48 hours in a week
you have to have at least a 10 hour break between shifts and 24 hour break once a week

the only way an employer would get around this would be if you signed out , or opt out of the working time regulation

please explain how the holiday was booked, how did the employer confirm you can take this day off AND MAY I ASK YOUR AGE

[jaydegarland90]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

I asked my manager that I wanted to take that day as holiday. It's one week in advance.
He asked, what for? I explained that I had spent Ł200+ on this trip that has been booked since July.
He simply said no and if I did, even as sick or otherwise, I would be fired on the spot.
Im 21

[miliitant]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

I am realy sorry but you do not have a leg to stand on unless you made the employer aware of the holiday at the interview before you were taken on as you said you have only been employed for 2 weeks

i cant even use the young worker angle

soRry but its tough out their for new starters with the regulations being watered down all the time

[jaydegarland90]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

I believe I did tell them. I said I needed one day off on the 27th to go to London.
Where would that bring me?

[miliitant]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

Unless you can get the person who did the interview to confirm that you are stuffed

if you can get it confirmed then the employer would have to honour it

[jaydegarland90]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

That isn't going to happen. This place is terrible.
My manager keeps hitting staff around the head with a cardboard tube. He hit some hippy kid so hard that his headset came off mid call. No respect at all.
Last Saturday only two of us came in and were expected to get the same as the other team which had 7 people. It's a joke. They were allowed to go home early but not us even though they managed to hit the target, just because the last donation was the minimum. Awful.
Thank you appreciate your help. Not worth being in.

[miliitant]

Re: 1 day sick and 1 holiday request resulting in dismissal

welcome to 21st century britain
low wage
short term contracts
employers who think they can do what they want with no come back
performance management gone mad

this is a prime example of why to belong to a trade union
people wake up, its not the 1970s, its the 21st century
thats why we have this situation in today work place now

rant over

Evil prevails when good men do nothing