Got Handed notice

ajmurphy62

I need a little advice. I got my notice handed to me yesterday, she said if i wanted i could work my notice and i said i would. but ive gotten a job interview tomorrow. Do you think i should skip work and go to the interview?

Bob Bogart

How long have you been in your job? what was the reason for letting you go?

Beruthiel

of course you should go to the interview, you've been let go, you need a new job!

ajmurphy62

i was there 2 weeks. she let me go because she had staffing issues and i wasnt getting the work of 6 people done in a day. and she tried to exploit me telling me not to take breaks which im entitled to. Just because i was telling the Polish guys working with me that she wasnt allowed make them work a 9 hour day with no breaks she fired me.

WhiteWashMan

if you are on notice, you are allowed to take time off to go to an interview. you need to tell your employer this though.
or you could just go and not turn up at work.

I would suggest you pick a better job this time round though...

Mr. Presentable

ajmurphy62 wrote:

i was there 2 weeks. she let me go because she had staffing issues and i wasnt getting the work of 6 people done in a day. and she tried to exploit me telling me not to take breaks which im entitled to. Just because i was telling the Polish guys working with me that she wasnt allowed make them work a 9 hour day with no breaks she fired me.

Name and shame them

Oriel

ajmurphy62 wrote:

i was there 2 weeks. she let me go because she had staffing issues and i wasnt getting the work of 6 people done in a day. and she tried to exploit me telling me not to take breaks which im entitled to. Just because i was telling the Polish guys working with me that she wasnt allowed make them work a 9 hour day with no breaks she fired me.

I don't believe any of that for a second.
If, however, it is actually true, then you should surely know perfectly well that this is illegal and you have every right to take legal action against this lady - or at least threaten her with legal action to make her straighten her ways, and to get your job back, should you want it.

grumpytrousers

WhiteWashMan wrote:

if you are on notice, you are allowed to take time off to go to an interview. you need to tell your employer this though.
or you could just go and not turn up at work.

I would suggest you pick a better job this time round though...

I'd also, and I'm not criticising your better nature, take my time in being unofficial union Rep either; while advising your colleagues of their entitlements was indeed noble, if you'd passed your probation period/waited until the relevant legislation covered you, she'd have been harder pushed to fire you.

And THEN you could have told your pals their entitlements and she'd have been powerless!!!

ixoy

You're allowed attend an interview, according to here:

Time off to look for a new job

If you are being made redundant, you are entitled to reasonable paid time off in order to look for a new job. This right is set down in law in Ireland in Section 7 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979. (You should note that while the Redundancy Acts have been amended a number of times, the provisions as set down in 1979 for time off, still remain in force today). If requested by the employer, the employee must normally supply evidence of the arrangements made for using such time off unless it would be prejudicial to the employers interests. A dispute regarding this entitlement can be referred to the Employment Appeals Tribunal

So you may need evidence, if she's being a bitch about it but it is your right...


[Edit]Except it isn't. Not made clearer there, but if you look up the law itself you find you'll need 104+ weeks to avail of Section 7. You're out of look... [/Edit]

ajmurphy62

Well ill ask her for a few hours off for the interview. if she doesnt give them to me i wont work the rest of my notice. I dont have to since i was still on my probationary period.


Oh and as for naming and shameing. Her name is [Name Edited] she is the Assistant General Manager of [Company Edited].

Oh and every last single one of the staff hate her.

gandalf

Just so you know I edited your post. Naming someone in that way on a public website is a big no no, no matter what you feel they have done to you.

I have pm'ed the moderator(s) of this forum and I am sure he will be having words with you.

Our man in Havana

Too late he named them. You never know who saw it in the 66 mins it was up for.

ajmurphy62

sorry i shudnt have named her. it was just in the heat of the moment. i was still sissed off at her. but its all good now i got the other job.