Advice needed urgently please

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Good evening mumsnet

We are in an awful situation and I'm so worried that my partner is going to lose his job.
A bit of backstory, he has been working constantly throughout all of this and visiting lots of different depots in the south east to set up social distancing and making sure that the staff are aware of the new guidelines.
He is diabetic and has been struggling to get his sugar levels under control, last week he became very poorly so the doc signed him off until they could get his levels under control again. They did blood tests and it turns out that he has no vitamin D in his body so that coupled with his diabetes it was no wonder he was feeling ill.
He then receives an email from his manager inviting him for a meeting to discuss his underperformance (he kept her up to date with what the docs were saying), so you can imagine the stress we are under now, even though he doesn't even have a warning on his record and he was going all over the south east to ensure that the depots were following the correct guidelines.
He had a Coronavirus test last Thursday and we got the result Saturday and it's positive, so he has that to add to everything else now.
Thanks for sticking with me so far I know it's long winded, so my question is surely after having proof of all that is wrong she can't get rid of him? He's such a hard worker and it was only over the last month that his performance hasn't been great but he kept saying that he wasn't feeling very well but was met with complete unconcern. Surely she would look awful trying to get rid of someone who is so unwell, which he has proof of everything that is wrong.

Thanks for reading x

The email might be 'can you pop in so we can chat about your underperformance' (though usually better to just say performance for legal reasons)
Could be a chat, an informal warning, a verbal warning, or written warning.... even final written, but that would be very unwise of the company. Most procedures will go through the stages appropriately.

How long has he worked there?
Less than 2 years and he has little protection.

Others have advised about the job issue. I just want to say please get him to relax and not stress too much so that he can get better from covid. We know that uncontrolled diabetes and (seemingly) low vit D are risk factors for complications. The job situation can be sorted once he's better.

Join a union ASAP if you join now he’s covered, if you join after he’s attended a meeting he won’t be covered.

Worst case scenario is first written warning from experience. I can imagine how stressful this is, I very much doubt anything more than a first written warning will happen from this, it’s more likely a record of conversation will happen.

Take a few weeks for him to recover then go back & sort it out, he will be fine Op

What a bastard his firm are being.
Yes contact ACAS in relation to everything including unsafe working practices with regard the virus

It is a meeting, not a hearing. When you say he has been there 2 years, you mean over 2 years? If he has been there for more than 2 years, he is more protected. If not, she is trying to speed things up so it doesn’t go past the 2 year deadline. This will be frowned on especially in light of his diabetes and positive test. The company should be treading very carefully.

I am not in any way qualified or an expect. But I think all you can do right now is to get advice from Acas and his union. Depending on what you get out of acas (I’ve read mixed review of them on here) and his employers attitude today, he could also need advice from an employment lawyer. This will depend on finances but they aren’t as expensive as you would perhaps imagine.

Sorry my first sentence should have said: Isn’t it a meeting, not a hearing? 5 am brain...