Withdrawal of Conditional Job offer after Accepetance

Haptic

Hi,

I'm now looking at getting some professional advice to see where I stand.

Once again thank you for your replies

FBaby

Haptic wrote: »

The job was advertised on a online job website , it was advertised through the company itself and there was no agency Involved.

I'd keep an eye to see whether they advertise your role again.

makeyourdaddyproud

Put it down to experience and move on. As much as they would like to dress it up as something else it was your pregnancy which they objected to. I believe maternity leave is instantly entitled to, and that is just too much for them to bear.

sammyjammy

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

Put it down to experience and move on. As much as they would like to dress it up as something else it was your pregnancy which they objected to. I believe maternity leave is instantly entitled to, and that is just too much for them to bear.

Regardless, its illegal.

makeyourdaddyproud

sammyjammy wrote: »

Regardless, its illegal.

Exactly my point.

Undervalued

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

Exactly my point.

Well then your previous post makes no sense.

Why should the OP "put it down to experience and move on" if she has suffered unlawful discrimination and as a result lost a significant amount of money?

makeyourdaddyproud

Undervalued wrote: »

Well then your previous post makes no sense.

Why should the OP "put it down to experience and move on" if she has suffered unlawful discrimination and as a result lost a significant amount of money?

It does. It is illegal if it can be proved, but since there are likely to be many "gotchas" for any prosecution claim to be watertight - even if a lawyer will defend the OP given the circumstances, the OP should consider putting it down to experience and move on.

There is no guarantee the OP will get their old job back either.

Sorry if I was unclear.

Undervalued

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

It does. It is illegal if it can be proved, but since there are likely to be many "gotchas" for any prosecution claim to be watertight - even if a lawyer will defend the OP given the circumstances, the OP should consider putting it down to experience and move on.

There is no guarantee the OP will get their old job back either.

Sorry if I was unclear.

It is unlawful, not illegal (as that would be a criminal matter) so it would be a civil claim and not a prosecution. Plus, the OP would be the one making the claim so does not need someone to "defend" her!

Gavin83

It depends on how honest they've been. If they can prove what they've stated to you as the reason then you have no case. However if they're lying and sacking you purely for your pregnancy then naturally thats a strong case. I'd keep an eye out to see if they put a new advert up.

It does seem a weird stunt for them to pull though as you wouldn't have been entitled to SMP anyway.

Savvy_Sue

Gavin83 wrote: »

It does seem a weird stunt for them to pull though as you wouldn't have been entitled to SMP anyway.

No, but she would have been entitled to take maternity leave within six months of starting a new job: if they've managed from January to March they might well prefer to get someone else in rather than face re-recruiting to cover her maternity leave.