unfair dismissal.

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My ds 1 aged 21 works for a company who keep sacking people for very little, if nothing at all. many have taken them to court and been awarded unfair dismissal. my ds has made a mistake and admitted it was him and apologised. he filled in a sheet that registered amounts of money bags wrongly. This is part of his daily job and he has never done it wrong before, it was human error, once in 9 months.
Even though he has admitted it they are launching an investigation, which if proved he was wrong is a sackable offence. he knows he will be sacked on friday and has received no verbal or written contract.
They say it is gross misconduct which means he will lose his licence to operate in the industry he works.
Can they just continue doing this to people? How is the above mistake anything to do with conduct at all?
He is on his way home now and asked me to ask M.net what the law said. he has decided he will follow the others who went for unfair dismissal, not for any huge amount, they only got a couple of hundred, but more out of principle.

warning, not contract, sorry.

How long has been with the company?

Hello mumblechum 1.

He has been employed by the company for 9 months. However, if they sack him for gross misconduct he will lose his license as a cash handling, security, whatever the title is. This is obviously bad for future employment as it insinuates that the person can't be trusted with money.
It just seems ott for somebody who had an off day once. he has never made the mistake before and although it meant too much money being issued it is accounted for at every step of the way as it includes cash in transit.

I'm afraid he cannot claim for unfair dismissal. He can only claim if he has been employed by this company for 2 years or more.

prh47.

Thank you for that it will save him a lot of leg work knowing that
I do think it is awful that companies can get away with treating people so badly especially when it means they will find it hard to get work again. Who would employ somebody who lost their job when they were responsible for money?
Is there anything at all he can do to ensure he gets a fair reference? He has a fantastic work ethic and he's one of lifes grafters going far over and doing more than expected. this was commented on from previous employers.
I feel so sorry for him, it seems totally unreasonable that he could also lose SIA licence.

He could resign which would mean (presumably) that he wouldn't lose the license if it would only be lost through the disciplinary, but if he uses them for a reference they are likely to put that he left pending disciplinary. However, if he has other employment that he could use for references many employers would be willing to use older referees if he gives a reason for not using the most recent employer.