Sacked Unfairly

[Frostygills]

Hi, This has been bugging me for some time, hopefully someone can answer.

Some years back, I was in a unskilled job, with a poor wage. Pay review time wasn't favourable, and asked for a payrise. Advised the boss of what I was doing to justify this, instead of agreeing, he took some my duties away. So I told them I would have to look else where for employment as it was clear I wasn't going anywhere there. With that I was given one months notice. Were they in the right to sack me?

[buildersmate]

How long had you worked there? - more than one year continuously?

[Frostygills]

I had been there about 3 years and some time back about 12 years ago.

It's always bugged me that I never did anything about it, and just left quietly.

[buildersmate]

An organisation can always decide to dismiss an employee - the issue is whether the dismissal was fair or not. The main fair reasons are conduct, capability, redundancy, a statutory reason, and 'some other substantive reason' (which is a catch-all).
You were not apparently dismissed for any of these reasons, so technically it is likely that it was unfair.

[Frostygills]

Thanks for the reply's.

I have moved on, it just bugs me now and again. I just wondered if they got away with something they shouldn't. It's good to know that info BuildersMate, incase anyone I know is in a similar situation.

Cheers.