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  • 20-02-2018 8:31pm
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    gummiebear
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    Quick advice if you please. Hubby moved companies after 16 yrs. Better money and prospects. From the end of the first week he realised he would not make his line-manager happy. She's brutal. Everyone else is fab but it's a start up (4 years old) and about to expand. There's no HR person and about 4 in the management team. Anyway, yesterday she decided she was going to fire my hubby. He's been there only 6 weeks so not entitled to anything. The reason is that she doesn't like his style of work though she and the CEO (operates from |UK)interviewed him for two hours and went through his portfolio and cv thoroughly. Nothing came in way of warning and nothing in writing. The others challenged her but she would not back down. She demanded he leave and a number of staff left also to take him for a drink. Lots of noise made of how dare she etc but radio silence today. He's emailed the CEO but no response. Theres nothing in writing at all. Citizen Advice just say to email, which we did but as I said radio silence. He's talented but the nature of the job is subjective (marketing/design). Any advice?? We have dependants+++
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    Hitman3000
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    Employment rights solicitor would be your husbands best option.

    Edit, mixed up who was there only 6 weeks. Sorry my understanding is you have little rights in regards being let go in the first year.


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    Stheno
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    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    Employment rights solicitor would be your husbands best option.

    He's been working there six weeks has no rights apart from being paid whatever his notice period is


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    Squatter
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    That's a horrible thing to have happened to anyone. Unfortunately, Irish employment law isn't going to be of much use to him if he's only been in the job for a few weeks.

    My advice is for him to go to Social Welfare tomorrow morning and apply for jobseekers benefit. He should bring his last payslip if he got one and he needs to ask his employer for his P45 to be issued asap. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but you've got to be practical.


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    gummiebear
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    Yup, we know he's entitled to nothing but say they don't produce a P45 or payment for days worked this month? We would hope also that they would give him a letter stating that a fair procedures wasn't followed?? Grasping at straws?


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    Stheno
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    Squatter wrote: »
    That's a horrible thing to have happened to anyone. Unfortunately, Irish employment law isn't going to be of much use to him if he's only been in the job for a few weeks.

    My advice is for him to go to Social Welfare tomorrow morning and apply for jobseekers benefit. He should bring his last payslip if he got one and he needs to ask his employer for his P45 to be issued asap. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but you've got to be practical.

    I'd also be checking his contract to see what his notice period is durng probation, he is entitled to be paid for that


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    Stheno
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    gummiebear wrote: »
    Yup, we know he's entitled to nothing but say they don't produce a P45 or payment for days worked this month? We would hope also that they would give him a letter stating that a fair procedures wasn't followed?? Grasping at straws?

    He's entitled to his outstandingpay and pay in lieu of notice along with his p45

    As for the letter you are mad, no company would issue such a letter.

    Has he got the CEOs phone number? Phone them if they don't get back via email assuming it's not the CEO refusing to pay


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