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advice on warnings please

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  • advice on warnings please

    Good evening.
    This morning i had my contract terminated by my employer due to a silly error on my part whilst on a "final warning"

    The problem is i never recieved confirmation of the final warning. Only a verbal conversations in which it was stated i would recieve the warning in the next few days.

    I brought the lack of written confirmation up with my line manager and he saud he would be in touch with HR and they would send it to me in the post. And still nothing. And whilst this has been going on i made a silly error and have terminated my contract because i was on a final warning. my question is. Do i need to recieve written confirmation of a final written warning for it to be 'live' as they call it at work? Or am i clutching at straws?

    Thanks for your help

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    Sorry to hear of your dismissal - were the 2 errors for similar offences or totally different from each other. How long have you been employed.

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      Re: advice on warnings please

      Morning

      I guess you could say they were. They were both paperwork based errors

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        Re: advice on warnings please

        And i was employed since november 2012 so around 18 months

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          Re: advice on warnings please

          Originally posted by fordstrum View Post
          And i was employed since november 2012 so around 18 months
          I am sure someone else could give advice over the time limits for claiming unfair dismissal, but I think you had to be employed for 2 years in order to make a claim. The thing is about the mistakes were they minor or major errors. If they cost the company money this would be grounds for dismissal by a 'reasonable' employer. May be worth giving ACAS a call or one of the free solicitor consultations. I take it you are not in a union.

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            Re: advice on warnings please

            Originally posted by fordstrum View Post
            . my question is. Do i need to recieve written confirmation of a final written warning for it to be 'live' as they call it at work? Or am i clutching at straws?

            Thanks for your help
            yes you do !
            your employer should not have given you a final warning or have your job terminated
            until they have gone thought the disciplinary procedure set out in your company's handbook.


            Disciplinary steps

            Your employer’s disciplinary procedure should include the following steps:
            • A letter setting out the issue.
            • A meeting to discuss the issue.
            • A disciplinary decision.
            • A chance to appeal this decision.

            https://www.gov.uk/disciplinary-proc...rocedures-work

            http://www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1041

            3. Disciplinary hearings

            Your employer shouldn’t take any disciplinary action before meeting with you first and discussing the problem
            .
            This disciplinary meeting (normally called a ‘hearing’) should be at a reasonable time and place.
            At the hearing your employer should:
            • explain the complaint against you
            • go through the evidence
            • give you a chance to tell your side of the story

            If you raise a significant new fact or issue at the hearing your employer might stop it and look into the issue. They should then rearrange the hearing at a later date.

            https://www.gov.uk/disciplinary-procedures-and-action-at-work/disciplinary-hearings
            Last edited by vanman; 15th May 2014, 21:14:PM.
            Don't let them grind you down

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