My partner has been working at an estate agents for 6 weeks.
When she started they told her it would be an inital 3 month contract with a review after to see if she would stay on.
Other employees warned her about the company, they get rid of people every other week etc and to be careful...and all that rubbish so she has always been a bit worried about the job.
She has never been given a contact in writting, nor have her colleagues and they have today told her that they will not be keeping her on (aparently due to her poor health, even though she has only taken 1hour off work because of her health in the last 6 weeks).
Obviously she is annoyed about this and upset. She said she is worried they will ask her to leave earlier, she wants to stay the next 6 weeks because she needs the money, obviously not because she wants to now as she is completly p*ssed off with them but the money comes first.
Just incase they do turn round to her and say she has to leave say tomorrow, what are her rights.
As there is no contract, can they literally just ask her to walk out or is a verbal contact binding? If they told her to go now, would she be intitled to any money from them for leaving early?
Also, could any action be taken against them, this probaly wont happen as we wont go that far but as far as we know they have found someone to do the job on a cheaper rate so have made up an excuse about her health and so she aparently wont be able to give the company 110%. We think they have said this unfairly to get her out.
My thinking is that only being there 6 weeks, with no contract she dosnt really have any rights