Ooopps... Suspended!

jrodga2k5 said:
So how was your paid month then? :D
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I watched anime all month and put on 5lb!

And to answer the questions about the job, it was a simple call centre job, nothing lavish, but for what it was it paid quite well. I don't have a trade, I'm one of those "work to live" types I guess you could say.
 
Been reading through this thread, all I can say is, unlucky. Most places will fire for punches though if the Boss sees it and the current economic climate would not have helped things. Bit of a stupid thing to do, but you've probably learned your lesson.

Hope you find a new job ok :)
 
seerms weird though, 2 colleagues go at it with seemingly one punch each. Neither want to take it further, one agrees he overreacted, both still get on ok.
Needless sacking imho. Go shank your ex-boss!
 
Skyfall said:
I watched anime all month and put on 5lb!

And to answer the questions about the job, it was a simple call centre job, nothing lavish, but for what it was it paid quite well. I don't have a trade, I'm one of those "work to live" types I guess you could say.
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Garlands?
 
k.Jacko said:
seerms weird though, 2 colleagues go at it with seemingly one punch each. Neither want to take it further, one agrees he overreacted, both still get on ok.
Needless sacking imho. Go shank your ex-boss!
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Its written in stone in some places... as I mentioned previously where I work it would have been automatic dismissal.
 
Will the company still give you a reference?
If not then your next potential employer may become a bit suspicious when you give 2 references and neither are from your most recent job.
If your CV has a number of previous jobs then you can leave this one out and just make something up which might work. Alternatively find a job somewhere outside the UK ;) In my experience, they don't ask for references!
 
Energize said:
Unwanted physical contact is not assault otherwise restraining someone from jumping off a bridge would be considered assault.

To commit assault, you must cause the other person to apprehend unlawful violence.
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Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force.[1][2] On the other hand, in Canada, assault can be simply just touching another without their consent. Common assaults or simple assaults that do not involve any aggravation such as use of a deadly weapon are distinguished from aggravated assaults in some jurisdictions. Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent. In common law jurisdictions, including England and Wales and the United States, battery is the crime that represents the unlawful physical contact, though this distinction does not exist in all jurisdictions. Exceptions exist to cover unsolicited physical contact which amount to normal social behavior known as de minimis harm.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault
 
a lot of places send out an auto-form reference from a faceless HR dept. along the lines of "I can confirm that [namehere] was employed between the dates of [datehere] until [datehere]" and give little to no mention to how that person worked or reason for leaving, especially in call centres where you're more a number than a person to them.

Good luck however, I found myself redundant in the run upto, and a few weeks after Christmas & New Year, and can honestly say I've never felt so low in my life.
 
Dj_Jestar said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault
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Funnily enough wikipedia also says.

The mens rea is that this fear must have been caused either intentionally or recklessly. A battery is committed when the threatened force actually results in contact to the other and that contact was caused either intentionally or recklessly.
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Even in the link you quoted,
Exceptions exist to cover unsolicited physical contact which amount to normal social behavior known as de minimis harm.
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;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_assault
 
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Just reading further down the 'Assault' article (here) would have revealed that you were correct. Dj_Jestar is thinking of Battery, not Assault.

I'd just take it on the chin. Fisticuffs at the workplace (or even outside the workplace while on business), whether or not meant in jest, is a pretty sure way to find the nearest exit, with P45. I don't see any grounds for appeal there.
 
k.Jacko said:
Needless sacking imho. Go shank your ex-boss!
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Quite, what's that saying about might as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb...

Smit said:
Alternatively find a job somewhere outside the UK ;) In my experience, they don't ask for references!
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This is true, bit extreme perhaps and will depend on the job but if you could afford to go travelling for a period then many places won't even bother to check references.

//edit good luck finding another job though.
 
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