Legal requirements for performance review?

[BlueFlying]

A team member has been put on final performance review, it's been incredibly fast (and baseless in reality) and the manager who is pushing it through doesn't like me and has made it clear in he past that he doesn't think I'm up to the job. My actual manager is fine with work but is going on Mat leave in a few months and this manager will become my direct line manager and, he will try and get rid of me. I'm trying to figure out how to protect myself until I can find another role.

Are there any legal performance review processes they have to follow or it is purely my company policy?

It's been an incredibly stressful year since this other manager got brought on board and several people have left because of him but HR or senior management don't care so those aren't realistic options in terms of protecting myself. I can't take waiting 1 year for my manager to come back.

What's your length of service?

sit down with your current manager to discuss your performance, document the outcome and send them a copy and keep one yourself, ask them to confirm it is accurate. If the replacement manager comes after you, do the same, document everything. Join a union.

Two years in May and the reason I asked about UK legal procedures is that this manager is in another county with lax workers rights (don't want to say which as with some other info which I've posted before it's maybe a bit outing)

We are about to have our half year review so I'll follow that advice about getting my manager to be specific about my performance.

It's all very unfortunate and matrix reporting lines are the work of he devil as my manager "matrix" reports into this and another manager so he had "influence" in all my reviews.

Ah, the dreaded matrix management, where no one gets managed, but gets ordered about in contradictory ways.

After 2 years you have unfair dismissal rights so that's good. I would recommend you get your concerns minuted before your manager goes off. Also, if the company does start going down the performance/capability route then you can appeal any formal warning to a different more senior manager. I would also suggest you call ACAS who give free employment advice. Good luck!

Thanks for the quick advice! I panicking a bit going into work.

Doesn't matter where your manager is - you're covered by the employment law in the country you're employed in. However, IME, managers don't always remember that not all countries have the same employment rules, and may need reminding. (Mind you, this sort of manager can also be a bit flaky on the rules in their own country, even when that country has more protection than ours...)

ACAS also have a website with useful information, as well as the phone.