Been fired for being sick

skint-student-nurse

yes Emmzi, it says:

'Statement of terms and conditions is made on the xx january 2011' between my employer and myself. Its printed, not signed by someone in HR.

Ignore that bit about it starting in march, i was looking at my current contract :-/

Emmzi

I am a bit confused by your last post. However, if you agree to start on a date in March after say an interview and contract being issued in January, then your first day of employment is still in March.

skint-student-nurse

ok, thank you or clarifying that for me

MusicalLawyer

You probably were on a probation period between Jan and March, then became continuously employed from March onwards.

Emmzi

KellyKing1987 wrote: »

You probably were on a probation period between Jan and March, then became continuously employed from March onwards.

Probation counts towards continuous employment. What matters is the first day OP starting earning while in permanent employment. Casual employment would not count.

skint-student-nurse

The first day I started work was the 1st April 2011 as I accepted the job two days before the statement of terms and conditions is dated but had to wait for a CRB check to clear.

antonic

That is correct.

A Civil Service friend of mine has just been dismissed on capability grounds of taking to much sick leave AFTER returning to work following a stroke AND having doctors notes to cover her absences.

So having a doctors note means nothing PROVIDING the employer does things correctly.

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Wrong I'm afraid.

You can be dismissed whilst ill and whilst on doctors notes but they have to go through a procedure that can take a couple of months and go through capabilities. If there is a disability involved they can still dismiss but have to be a bit more careful and make sure they have done everything reasonable that is possible.

skint-student-nurse

Thanks antonic, the biggest bugbare for me with this is that they never pulled me up on the time i have had off and subsiquently never gave me notice as stated in my contract. They had several doctors notes, chose to igonre the 'light duties' as requested by my doctor and told me to come back when i was able to do my normal role.

getmore4less

Emmzi wrote: »

Probation counts towards continuous employment. What matters is the first day OP starting earning while in permanent employment. Casual employment would not count.

ANy employment including casual immediately prior to a permanent contract should still count.

You need a gap of a week to break continuity.

Googlewhacker

getmore4less wrote: »

ANy employment including casual immediately prior to a permanent contract should still count.

You need a gap of a week to break continuity.

Isn't it 2 saturdays or did I read that somewhere?