What he has done is so wrong and should not be allowed to get away with it. You have a duty to yourself and to others that this will likely happen to if you do not proceed. "A butterfly flapping its wings in africa can cause an eartquake in china" Take care and good luck Let us know how it goes

Holiday laws and entitlements are made more complicated than they actually are. They are also changing every year at the moment so keep track. But as above says it is a breach of contract and a breach of statutory law as you have not been paid in theory for the time off that you are entitled to. From how you have worded it your employer seems to be a reasonable person, so have a chat with him and explain that you cannot afford these drops in pay when you are on holiday and that it is a breach of your contract and statutory law.

Witness statements will have to be compiled in the correct format and their will be exchange between the 2 parties. Hope this helps we have just finished ours last week.

Use the grievance procedure in writing and keep a copy and a copy of any correspondance they send you regarding this.

I did most of the collation for tribunal that we are attending next week and was applauded by solicitors, but when it got into all the legal dotting of i's and crossing of t's we got a solicitor involved. Although they cost money i believe the risk is lessened with their aid. They have done all the collation and copying of documents and statement typing in the accepted way. May be worth getting help if it be free or paid for.

Ask for an appeal inwriting. Within the appeal request letter ask for details to be forwarded to your friend with regards to Risk Assesments for the tasks she is carrying out and also risk assesments they have carried out for her condition. e.g if she is carrying out hoovering tasks then are hoovers fitted with hepa filters to decrease the likelyhood of an attack. Also get them to ask for training records of herself to be sent. If she uses the H & S banner then it is illegal for them to dismiss for this reason. Let me know how she gets on. P.S how many hours does she work?

Hi Myself and my wife are going through a case against her ex employer at the moment for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination on grounds of pregnancy. Tribunal hearing on the 30th and 31st of this month. It has been extremely scary but we have not given up. We now have the employer running scared (they are a big company) and they want to settle. We have a dilemma now is they have asked us to state a figure and we do not know what to say. Say too much and they say no or say too little and undercut ourselves. The other dilemma is our day in court to get satifaction of winning (although still a gamble) and becoming public record which means a lot to us. Our sollicitors have not been the greatest, most of leg work was done by me and my wife prior getting a solicitor, they even applauded what we had done. I do not know if it is because they are not personally involved but our passion, determination and anger is what has driven us. We may still lose but to do nothing and do not try to fight is the biggest loss of them all. One person can make a difference. We had lots of heart and head conflicts, due to commitments and dependants the question of money is always the biggest obstacle small or big. We were so angry with what had happened so our heart over ruled our head and ploughed us on. Money can always be managed but letting someone get away with something they should not then makes you as guilty of them for any future repeats of their actions. I will let you know how we get on. As for what time factor for tribunals, unfair dismissal i think is 6 months, sex discrimination is something like 7 years. Good luck with yours.