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My daughter (20) started with a small business on a free four week trial on 22 September 2014, following this she was offered a one year apprenticeship starting on 24 October 2014. At the end of the apprenticeship she was taken on by her employer with a start date of 26 October 2015.
On 31 August 2016 my daughter was invited to attend a performance review with the owner of the company, the owner shared some concerns regarding my daughter's performance and my daughter made some responses to mitigate certain points made.
No copy of the document was offered to my daughter and therefore she requested a copy two weeks after the meeting (which was supplied but without any of the notes taken during the meeting).
Following the performance management my daughter made a concerted effort to address the issues raised - slow work rate being the most apparent issue. She believed that she was making progress on this.
On Friday 23 September 2016 at the end of the working day my daughter was given a letter terminating her employment with immediate effect and with one weeks pay in lieu of notice. The owner stated verbally that the business had gotten smaller and that she was going to take on the role that my daughter had carried out (admin/Web) and said that my daughter needed to spread her wings. My daughter stated at this time she had been trying hard at work and this was acknowledged
When I saw the letter I got my daughter to ask for a more specific reason for the dismissal - as to be honest my daughter wasnt sure if she had been fired or not, the response was that my daughter had been dismissed for consistent poor performance. the new letter stated that she had the opportunity to appeal the decision.
I suppose what I am asking is that given the company did not use a disciplinary procedure to get to this stage what rights does my daughter have - also given that they are stating that she has less the one year's employment with them as they are not including the apprenticeship and free trial.
sorry for war and peace but want to make sure all the details are listed
On 31 August 2016 my daughter was invited to attend a performance review with the owner of the company, the owner shared some concerns regarding my daughter's performance and my daughter made some responses to mitigate certain points made.
No copy of the document was offered to my daughter and therefore she requested a copy two weeks after the meeting (which was supplied but without any of the notes taken during the meeting).
Following the performance management my daughter made a concerted effort to address the issues raised - slow work rate being the most apparent issue. She believed that she was making progress on this.
On Friday 23 September 2016 at the end of the working day my daughter was given a letter terminating her employment with immediate effect and with one weeks pay in lieu of notice. The owner stated verbally that the business had gotten smaller and that she was going to take on the role that my daughter had carried out (admin/Web) and said that my daughter needed to spread her wings. My daughter stated at this time she had been trying hard at work and this was acknowledged
When I saw the letter I got my daughter to ask for a more specific reason for the dismissal - as to be honest my daughter wasnt sure if she had been fired or not, the response was that my daughter had been dismissed for consistent poor performance. the new letter stated that she had the opportunity to appeal the decision.
I suppose what I am asking is that given the company did not use a disciplinary procedure to get to this stage what rights does my daughter have - also given that they are stating that she has less the one year's employment with them as they are not including the apprenticeship and free trial.
sorry for war and peace but want to make sure all the details are listed
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