You could give these guys a try beside me (www.mclmotors.co.uk) , they are normally looking for car mechanics.
Only a 25min drive away.
Only a 25min drive away.
Offered a new job that's fell through!!
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That sucks but as said by others this is why you don't resign until yoy have a contract. Getting benefits will also be difficult as it would be deemed that you made yourself unemployed.
Good luck though. The home mechanic idea is a good one. Give that a try. If you were closer to me then I need a few things doing. But sadly your too far.
Good luck though. The home mechanic idea is a good one. Give that a try. If you were closer to me then I need a few things doing. But sadly your too far.
Soldato
Ring your old employer and see if they'd be willing to take you back as the new job didn't work out unless they've already got your replacement up and running?
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Would a Contract of Employment actually help significantly?
I suspect that there would be a short(ish) notice period for a job as a mechanic and a probationary period involved. I guess that it is just about possible that he could claim for unfair dismissal but I doubt that breach of contract would help much.
Wrong advice above. A contract can be agreed verbally but is far harder to prove what was agreed.
You won't be able to claim unfair dismissal in these circumstances as you need 2 years service.
You can claim breach of contract but you're probably only looking at the statutory notice period i.e one weeks pay unless you can prove there was a greater period of notice? Again not having anything in writing makes it difficult. ..
All of which you need to ask yourself the question is it worth it? Probably not and just one of life's lessons, not that's any consolation.
You won't be able to claim unfair dismissal in these circumstances as you need 2 years service.
You can claim breach of contract but you're probably only looking at the statutory notice period i.e one weeks pay unless you can prove there was a greater period of notice? Again not having anything in writing makes it difficult. ..
All of which you need to ask yourself the question is it worth it? Probably not and just one of life's lessons, not that's any consolation.
Wouldn't loss of earnings comes into play for at least the notice period?
The thing is even if you could argue there was a verbal contract in place, as a new employee they will just let you go. The UK has terrible employee protections.
OP, you can always contact your old employer and explain the situation. If they like you and you left on good terms, and you do a kind fo job that doesn't mater too much if you leave in 6 months, then a good chance they will take you back.
Otherwise start again.
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true, first 2 years you're not safe these days, I'd want to pursue them out of principle though as what they've done is highly unethical, if he can only get 1 week's wages out of them then so be it
And terrible employer protections too. We had a night driver who was using the work van during the day to shift building materials and falsifying OT claims and we had to settle out of court as that was cheaper than fighting his BS.
Caporegime
It wouldn't make any difference if he had a contract. Any compensation you could obtain is almost meaninglessly low.
A new contract wouldn't have been much use anyway, the probation period would have only been a week and if they lost a work contract, they would have just sacked him during the probation. He might have gained a weeks wages, but he'd still be out of a job.
I didn't mean it for compo, I wanted to know how long he jas to find something else. Turns out the Answer is nothing
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Time to sign on mate
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Wasn't he let go?
As in he handed his notice and worked it. Took a 1 week break as new job didn't start for a week. They then phoned him and said sorry we need to let you go we lost a contract.
Therefore his last job ended before it started. he was let go.
also the job centre would never check anyway. all he needs to say is he was let go.
He didn't have a contract for a job at the new company so he wasn't e.ployed there. He was employed until he resigned voluntarily from the old company.
But he hasn't signed a contract so was never employed?
You come out with some absolute rubbish 