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Hi,
Nearly 5 years ago now I was dismissed from my job for incapacity. I was working in a hospital laboratory, and had become almost indispensable due to my computer skills. I had been ill for several years after I was exposed to toxic mould and got a fungal infection in my sinuses, but was unable to get a proper diagnosis or treatment. I had a lot of time off sick - all medically certified. When I was off sick I was constantly harassed by telephone with problems they wanted me to sort out, which didn't help at all. In the end they told me I had to work for 6 months without taking a day off sick or I would be fired. A week or two later I was ill again, no way I could get to work (could barely stand) and had to take time off, with a certificate from my GP. I was dismissed with 3 months pay, after working there for 13 years, and for the NHS for over 20 years. My union rep failed to turn up for the dismissal meeting (thanks Unison!). I had argued that they had failed to follow their own sickness and absence policy by, for example, not taking stress into account and not offering me alternative employment, showing preferential treatment to another employee who had an even worse attendance record than me amongst other things, but was ignored. I had been forced to work part-time for several months, and was denied overtime when I was fit to work (the overtime - out of hours work - is the only way lab staff could make a decent wage), which left me deep in debt. This seems grossly unfair to me. I have been too ill since to do anything about it, and now I wonder if it is too late, or if indeed there ever was anything I could do. Any advice very welcome.
I'm sorry to read about your situation, employments not really my best subject, but have been advised by someone who works in HR that it's more than likely too late to do anything about it.
As I said, employments not my thing,so wait until our more experienced members come along and give you some advice.
I'll ask Ell-enn, another Site Team member to have a look at your thread.
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It is too late to take action for unfair dismissal as the time limit is three months.
If you are owed unpaid wages or notice pay you could take court action to claim them.
You could also take legal action for personal injury, so it may be worth seeing a specialist solicitor for this, but you will almost certainly require medical evidence. The time limit for this is six years from the injury though.
It is too late to take action for unfair dismissal as the time limit is three months.
You could also take legal action for personal injury. The time limit for this is six years from the injury though.
Zamzarra is right 3 months is the normal time limit for bringing a UD claim.
PI Claims are normally statute barred after 3 years not 6:
In the United Kingdom, there is a standard limit of three years in which a personal injury claim must be made. If legal proceedings are not started in court within three years, the case is then time-barred or statute barred as it is sometimes known.
The three year deadline begins either from the date of the accident or from the date that you knew that your injury was linked to the original accident or exposure (whichever is latest) called the date of knowledge. The date of knowledge can be much later than the accident date.
And finally, claims based on contractual entitlements are normally 6 years.
Hope this helps
Che
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I am sorry that work means I don't get into the Employment Forum as often as I would like these days, but nonetheless I'll try to pop in when I can.
Dismissed for 'incapacity'
- all medically certified. When I was off sick I was constantly harassed by telephone with problems they wanted me to sort out, which didn't help at all. In the end they told me I had to work for 6 months without taking a day off sick or I would be fired. A week or two later I was ill again, no way I could get to work (could barely stand) and had to take time off, with a certificate from my GP. I was dismissed with 3 months pay, after working there for 13 years, and for the NHS for over 20 years. My union rep failed to turn up for the dismissal meeting (thanks Unison!). I had argued that they had failed to follow their own sickness and absence policy by, for example, not taking stress into account and not offering me alternative employment, showing preferential treatment to another employee who had an even worse attendance record than me amongst other things, but was ignored. I had been forced to work part-time for several months, and was denied overtime when I was fit to work (the overtime - out of hours work - is the only way lab staff could make a decent wage), which left me deep in debt. This seems grossly unfair to me. I have been too ill since to do anything about it, and now I wonder if it is too late, or if indeed there ever was anything I could do. Any advice very welcome.
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