Duped into a job that never existed

Undervalued

SChitmehard said:

NCC1701-A said:

ACG said:

You wont need to give 3 months notice. I am sure there is a law/rule somewhere that says contracts have to be fair. 
Them being able to give you 1 weeks notice but you having to give 3 months would not be seen as fair. 

I would just look for a new job, if the company is as bad as you make it sound I doubt they will be in business long enough to see it through to court anyway. 

Unfortunately there isn't.  Without seeing the contract and whether it has golden handcuffs or other terms, unsubstantiated opinions are not helpful.

I'm sure Jillandy would be able to quote the relevant legislation but somebody decided they didn't like her advice.  The forum is so much poorer for those in need as a result.

Jillanddy's previous advice to a poster (the fire alarm guy who didn't evacuate and stayed behind a bit)  was admit everything, plead for forgiveness and get fired. When I pulled her up on it that that advice is not helpful, she said she is not trying to help the OP. What??? Later she deleted those replies! I thought that's what people came on here for and that's what forum members are meant to do. If I had followed her advice I would now be 12k poorer and my employer would have got away with terminating my job after lying to me about it. Instead I gave them a bust lip and received around £12k compensation and a reference. 

I too was duped into a job and left a long term job I'd been doing for over a decade for this new job, only to be falsely accused when I told the manager that I had been misled into taking the job and fired. 

Unfortunately you have very few rights in employment and employers take advantage of this and ruin many careers knowing they will never be held to account. If you have any dirt on them then you may be able to negotiate something to your benefit.

Here is the thread mentioned https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6352712/disciplinary-hearing/p1

Even if this is true (and you can never tell on these forums which are sometimes spoilt by obvious "trolling") that doesn't in any way prove that you had a winnable legal case. Small claims (and to a large company this is petty cash) are often settled just to avoid the irritation of dealing with them.

Equally, some companies will spend far more on defending a claim than it would cost to settle in the hope of deterring others. These are commercial decision, not legal ones. Not really "justice" (whatever that means) either way but it is life!

SChitmehard

SChitmehard said:

NCC1701-A said:

ACG said:

You wont need to give 3 months notice. I am sure there is a law/rule somewhere that says contracts have to be fair. 
Them being able to give you 1 weeks notice but you having to give 3 months would not be seen as fair. 

I would just look for a new job, if the company is as bad as you make it sound I doubt they will be in business long enough to see it through to court anyway. 

Unfortunately there isn't.  Without seeing the contract and whether it has golden handcuffs or other terms, unsubstantiated opinions are not helpful.

I'm sure Jillandy would be able to quote the relevant legislation but somebody decided they didn't like her advice.  The forum is so much poorer for those in need as a result.

Jillanddy's previous advice to a poster (the fire alarm guy who didn't evacuate and stayed behind a bit)  was admit everything, plead for forgiveness and get fired. When I pulled her up on it that that advice is not helpful, she said she is not trying to help the OP. What??? Later she deleted those replies! I thought that's what people came on here for and that's what forum members are meant to do. If I had followed her advice I would now be 12k poorer and my employer would have got away with terminating my job after lying to me about it. Instead I gave them a bust lip and received around £12k compensation and a reference. 

I too was duped into a job and left a long term job I'd been doing for over a decade for this new job, only to be falsely accused when I told the manager that I had been misled into taking the job and fired. 

Unfortunately you have very few rights in employment and employers take advantage of this and ruin many careers knowing they will never be held to account. If you have any dirt on them then you may be able to negotiate something to your benefit.

Here is the thread mentioned https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6352712/disciplinary-hearing/p1

What I was more concerned about is that Jillanddy has deleted her own replies and had MINE deleted too, especially the one where she says she is not trying to help the OP in the thread and gave some incorrect legal advice, this too was deleted when I pointed it out and now the whole thread looks disjointed without these replies. 

 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6352712/disciplinary-hearing/p1

I am glad that I looked a bit more into my case and pursued it and I would encourage others to do the same. It's important that people get proper legal advice where all elements of the claim can be teased out and assessed and not just accept the "you've worked less than 2 years so you have no rights" often quoted here.