I lost my job in november, i wudn't sleep with one of my fellow staff members so he wrote two fake letters complaining about me saying i was rude, and drunk (i worked in a gym-which has a members bar) when i was supposed to be working, the fact that i don't drink wasn't taken into account, and that i had 5 witness statements from members of the club who were there on the apparent 'offending' night who said i wasn't rude or drunk, didn't help at all!
Went to c.a.b. they can only help if u been there 1 year, lucky i had, i was takin employers to tribunal for un-fair and wrongful dismissal, as they never took into account my witness' also I was a manager there and always did shifts at drop of hat, stayed on longer, was a key holder to door and safe, and no-one had never complained about me before, and i got on well with all members (it was a big family club). Also i thought i got on with everyone, yet although they beleived him over me, not one person asked me if i was ok and why i might have been drinking (seeing as they all knew i don't drink! but no1 was concerned) I felt so betrayed, spec since the offending W****r who wrote letters got a bonus for writing a witness statement sayin i was drunk, even though they knew he was not trust worthy.
apparently it isn't as easy as people think to get rid of an employee, apparently even if i was drunk at work and addmitted to it they should had offered therepy to help me and then if i refused they could sack me.
i was all ready to go to tribunal, knew i wud win, it was not for money it was to clear my name and prove a point.
found out, i can't clear my name, and the tribunal, can only make the employers pay 6 months wages (but mine would be less because i wasn't 21 when i was sacked!) or the lost earnings, I had none as i was p/time nail tec.
Also there was a salon (which i s rented space not actually owned by this club) on premisses, they gave me a job, but couldn't work there because im not allowed on premisses!
They kept getting their solicitor to ring me saying they were bringing in a barrister, so if i lost i had to pay their bill. in the end i got so depressed i thought whats the point, i can't prove my inoccence, i won't get job back ( and even if did i didn't want it) i'm not getting compisation, and im going gray at 21.
also one of the girls on my nvq started to work there and got sacked because complaints came in about her, she too refussed to take any form of sexual harrasment, and all of a sudden there was a complaint (shes also a really nice girl so no 1 would complain)
my advice would be just move on gracefully, it's honestly not worth the stress!
it's just a fact of life, sum bosses are just total poo heads!