sacked unfairly!

[samlamb]

hi all.if someone could help me please do.i am 8 months into beauty level 2 also was until this morning 7 months into a job titled receptionist/junior beauty therapist.since the begining of this year my boss salon owner had me doing all treatments inc agera peels,microdermabrasion,waxing,caci,man/peds etc.last week after months of being made to do these treatments and becoming more and more uncomfortable i voiced my concern about doing these treatments on unaware clients who have no idea i was still training and who were paying full wack.today i got the sack!also i had to do massages!i am not even learning massage!do i have any legal rights?are there any beauty organisations i could go to?:cry: sam xx

 

[Cathie!]

hi all.if someone could help me please do.i am 8 months into beauty level 2 also was until this morning 7 months into a job titled receptionist/junior beauty therapist.since the begining of this year my boss salon owner had me doing all treatments inc agera peels,microdermabrasion,waxing,caci,man/peds etc.last week after months of being made to do these treatments and becoming more and more uncomfortable i voiced my concern about doing these treatments on unaware clients who have no idea i was still training and who were paying full wack.today i got the sack!also i had to do massages!i am not even learning massage!do i have any legal rights?are there any beauty organisations i could go to?:cry: sam xx

That's awful, you must feel terrible....her insurance wouldn't have covered for you doing these treatments....unfortunately, I don't know how you can take this forward other than reporting her to her insurer.

 

[Peter Pan]

That's awful, you must feel terrible....her insurance wouldn't have covered for you doing these treatments....unfortunately, I don't know how you can take this forward other than reporting her to her insurer.

totally agree with ya there hun - this is not right at all, and i think the salon owner was taking the p**s to be honest. in my eyes, you wont get into trouble but by god the salon owner will, if any clients come back that you treated

 

[estherlou]

hun you are best off well away from that place, i can't believe how unprofessional the salon owner was to have you doing those treatments. how unfair for you, please don't let it put you off what you are learning, put the whole experience down to a great lesson of how NOT to run a sucessful and respectful therapy business, good luck xx

 

[carlabarbie]

Oh you poor thing! As the others have said it sounds like you are best far away from there...

What was her reason for sacking you? If you were employed you can contact ACAS for some advice, to see if she was within her rights to sack you.
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I think it depends on the length of time you have been employed and what her reasons were, but have a look anyway.

Good luck with the rest of your course and as the others have said please dont let it put you off working somewhere else. :hug:

 

[Sassy Hassy]

Unless you were sacked for gross misconduct it is illegal to sack someone these days without going down an official route of verbal and written warnings. I believe this is so now no matter how long your length of employment unless you were on a period of probation. Obviously we don't know the full story here, but I have to say that if what you are saying is so that salons like this really piss me off. They were no doubt paying you a junior's wage to do treatments that you should not have been doing and I think you should seek legal advice to take them to an industrial tribunal. This may stop them conning their clients and cheating their staff.

Employment law is complicated so go see a specialist. As already said, solicitors often offer the first half hour free so seek one of these out. However, they may say that you were also to blame about doing treatments that you knew were beyond you, but it doesn't get over the fact that you could have been unfairly dismissed.

 

[tori23]

o my god!! her insurance would have been totall nil and void if anything had gone wrong!! i feel so sorry for you. but look on the bright side u dont want to be working for someone like that - shes obviously not a nice person and was not training you properly and spending time on you like she should have done. good luck with finishing your course im sure you will really enjoy it
xx

 

[samlamb]

Oh you poor thing! As the others have said it sounds like you are best far away from there...

What was her reason for sacking you? If you were employed you can contact ACAS for some advice, to see if she was within her rights to sack you.
Acas - Home

I think it depends on the length of time you have been employed and what her reasons were, but have a look anyway.

Good luck with the rest of your course and as the others have said please dont let it put you off working somewhere else. :hug:

Thankyou all for your kind words:lol: she did not give me a reason her words were'I have had a long think over the weekend and your services are no longer required!'I have been to C/advice and they have said to ask her for a reason she sacked me.Then if I can prove She had me doing these treatments I could take her to court.Thankyou all again so much:hug:

 

[Sassy Hassy]

Thankyou all for your kind words:lol: she did not give me a reason her words were'I have had a long think over the weekend and your services are no longer required!'I have been to C/advice and they have said to ask her for a reason she sacked me.Then if I can prove She had me doing these treatments I could take her to court.Thankyou all again so much:hug:

In that case she should have taken the redundancy route. I guess you didn't have a written contract? See a specialist solicitor asap.

 

[pure]

Have you spoken to yur tutor at college about this? Was this a placement that they helped you to find?

 

[Sals]

What a nightmare, hun. :hug: I'd definitely take Sassy's advice. She really knows her stuff.

(Do I win creep of the month award?:lol: )

 

[samlamb]

In that case she should have taken the redundancy route. I guess you didn't have a written contract? See a specialist solicitor asap.

I do have a contract and it says for up to a year she doesnt have to use the disciplinary procedure.My tutor has said she is disgusted and says I should report her to BABTAC.The college had nothing to do with my job I had the job lined up before I started college.However I do know she is not insured with BABTAC and dont know who she is insured with.Re pay,I was on £5.50 an hour and I was not to get a pay increase when I would be qualified in July!Sorry to go on and on

 

[Sassy Hassy]

You go on as much as like hun, that's what we are here for. I'd be pretty teed off if I was you :hug:

I'm not sure how the law stands, you can have these clauses in your contract but if it's against employment law then it's meaningless. For example, I know of a contract that had something like the employee couldn't work within a 10 mile radius for a year after they left the salon. A court of law ruled that this made it almost impossible for the person to find work elsewhere and was deemed unlawful and over ruled. Just cos it's in black and white don't make it legal!!!!!!!

Also be on the look out for her taking on another junior, if she does then you can take her to the cleaners IMO as she defo just wanted to get rid of you for someone else and again I believe this illegal. Like I said before it really would be worth going to seek legal advice.

Good luck hun, but I do think you had a lucky escape. Take the positive that it has opened your eyes to how unscrupulous some salons can be and how you never want to work like that again :hug:

 

[Sassy Hassy]

What a nightmare, hun. :hug: I'd definitely take Sassy's advice. She really knows her stuff.

(Do I win creep of the month award?:lol: )

LMAO, you defo win the award :lol: but I do have a lot of life experiences to fall back on, sadly most of them ain't that great!

 

[EllaX]

Also be on the look out for her taking on another junior, if she does then you can take her to the cleaners

Yes, if you get made redundant your boss cannot fill your job for a certain period of time. (im pretty sure its 6 months - but will double check for you) xx

 

[CadenceAlex]

I find that absolutely appalling.

For a start, if I were a client I would be absolutely outraged - I want to pay top whack for a top whack service, OK, so you may be a lovely girl and very personable, but you just can't beat EDUCATION. You can't carry out NVQ Level 3 Beauty Treatments when you are not qualified in them - what if you were causing damage or skin sensitivity to the clients? (victims more like).... you aren't even qualified in Beauty NVQ Level 2 ... (no disrespect to yourself).

Obviously you were intimidated by your boss into doing these treatments, if you are admitting you felt uncomfortable. When you are young and in employment, you do tend to be a little naive and do what you are told.. against better judgement. Well, I speak for myself there.... :irked:

You boss should be extremely ashamed of herself, some people just don't have any morals. What employers would LIKE to do and what by Law, we can do are two totally seperate issues.

I would be very upset if I were in your postition and you really should go and get some legal advice - not only have you lost your job, which was relevant to your college course... but you have been treated with no respect whatsoever.

Good luck - I hope you get a satisfactory result from whoever you get to represent you on this matter and this shocking salon gets blown up!!! If she is letting unqualified girls loose with machinery.... what else is she doing that she shouldn't be??! Did she even have insurance?!

 

[samlamb]

thankyou again for your support.re insurance I have cheaked and she is not insured with BABTAC. She had never discussed her insurance with me so I am not sure.I have written to her formely and asked for a written reason as to why I have been fired without warning.So we shall see.:hug:

 

[Sals]

thankyou again for your support.re insurance I have cheaked and she is not insured with BABTAC. She had never discussed her insurance with me so I am not sure.I have written to her formely and asked for a written reason as to why I have been fired without warning.So we shall see.:hug:

Good luck honey. And good for you for taking a stand. :hug:

 

[CadenceAlex]

How far have you got with this?

what was the outcome of the letter you wrote?

 

[samlamb]

Hi
I wrote a letter again asking for a reason and again I was told I was not entitled to a reason as I had not yet been there a year.I didnt think there was much else I could do than put it all down to a nasty experience and move on.(I would still like to be able to inform her insurance tho!!:smack xx