What rights, if any,does a 17 year old have when fired?

erznmine

My 17 year old is a FT college student.

She had a job interview 4 weeks ago. Following this interview they asked her to do a trial day working. She did this and got offered the job-just working weekends and any days she may have a day off college.

Her contract was for a trial period of 8 weeks.

She was late into work Saturday(I have yet to establish how late she was-she says 5 minutes). She has received an email today saying she is fired due to being late and not to come back to work.

She is now worried she wont get paid for the hours she has done as pay day is not until the end of the month. She is also upset she wasn't given a warning instead but I guess when you are on a trial period you don't have that option?

Im a bit worried as she has had employment issues before whereby she wasn't being given lunch breaks...sometimes I think employers try to take advantage of young workers of this age. Obviously I don't know the full facts, at this time we are all shocked and disappointed as she was doing well.

Also, should she be getting paid for her trial day-she worked 10-4pm on a sunday.
thanks

TrickyWicky

erznmine wrote: »

She was late into work Saturday(I have yet to establish how late she was-she says 5 minutes).

Says it all really. She says 5 minutes but even you admit you've not really established how late she really was. Truth be told it was probably more like an hour or two. At that age youngsters see everything as a small issue as long as it doesn't affect themselves and in this case, an hour to them is a couple of minutes.

I used to be a traffic warden, numerous times people would say to me "I've only been 30 seconds" when I'd stood there with a computer and timed 5 minutes. You'd point this out and they'd still insist they were just seconds. Doesn't matter that you saw them in the shop standing in a queue behind a little old lady etc lol.

As for rights, none. Cameron changed the employment laws a while back - you have to be there two years before you get any legal protection now. Well done britain, shot yourself in the foot again lol.

Takeaway_Addict

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Says it all really. She says 5 minutes but even you admit you've not really established how late she really was. Truth be told it was probably more like an hour or two. At that age youngsters see everything as a small issue as long as it doesn't affect themselves and in this case, an hour to them is a couple of minutes.

I used to be a traffic warden, numerous times people would say to me "I've only been 30 seconds" when I'd stood there with a computer and timed 5 minutes. You'd point this out and they'd still insist they were just seconds. Doesn't matter that you saw them in the shop standing in a queue behind a little old lady etc lol.

As for rights, none. Cameron changed the employment laws a while back - you have to be there two years before you get any legal protection now. Well done britain, shot yourself in the foot again lol.

Now now Tricky, even if Cameron hadn't changed the laws that were under Labour the OP's daughter would still have little rights.

She is legally entitled to pay for the time she has worked plus holiday pay accrued (there will be a little unless she took some in that first month).

As for the trial day, did they say it was paid or unpaid and did she ask?

TrickyWicky

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Now now Tricky, even if Cameron hadn't changed the laws that were under Labour the OP's daughter would still have little rights.

Good point lol.

I do have to wonder if this is where we as a nation have gone wrong. You get fired while on a trial and the first thing people do is try to turn to their rights.

Something isn't right here.

Person_one

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Says it all really. She says 5 minutes but even you admit you've not really established how late she really was. Truth be told it was probably more like an hour or two. At that age youngsters see everything as a small issue as long as it doesn't affect themselves and in this case, an hour to them is a couple of minutes.

I used to be a traffic warden, numerous times people would say to me "I've only been 30 seconds" when I'd stood there with a computer and timed 5 minutes. You'd point this out and they'd still insist they were just seconds. Doesn't matter that you saw them in the shop standing in a queue behind a little old lady etc lol.

As for rights, none. Cameron changed the employment laws a while back - you have to be there two years before you get any legal protection now. Well done britain, shot yourself in the foot again lol.

Wow, you really took that ball and ran with it, didn't you?

erznmine

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Good point lol.

I do have to wonder if this is where we as a nation have gone wrong. You get fired while on a trial and the first thing people do is try to turn to their rights.

Something isn't right here.

I am only asking on behalf of my child. It is more to do with the concern she will not get paid.

Person_one

erznmine wrote: »

I am only asking on behalf of my child. It is more to do with the concern she will not get paid.

She should get paid for the hours she's worked. If she doesn't, which is unlikely, worry about it then.

JournalGirl

SHe is entitled to be paid for the time that she worked (but perhaps not the trial day if it was not agreed in advance.

Doesn't matter if it was only 5 minutes that she was late - company is perfectly in its rights to dismiss.

bluenoseam

Within the first few weeks 5 minutes is 4 minutes more than it'd take to fire someone - that's not really open for much debate!

But you've already been told the important part, she's due paid for the time already worked & will no doubt learn from this experience.

AP007

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Says it all really. She says 5 minutes but even you admit you've not really established how late she really was. Truth be told it was probably more like an hour or two. At that age youngsters see everything as a small issue as long as it doesn't affect themselves and in this case, an hour to them is a couple of minutes.

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Are you serious? How do you know it was hours?

5 mins late in a lot of jobs can result in a warning you know

AP007

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Good point lol.

I do have to wonder if this is where we as a nation have gone wrong. You get fired while on a trial and the first thing people do is try to turn to their rights.

Something isn't right here.

I do think 5 mins late is a bit harsh to fire someone as a one off as they may have been late due to something untoward happening on the way in and given no chance to explain.