UK
I was due to start a new job on Monday. However on Friday (yesterday) at 6.30pm I got a phonecall from the recruitment agency saying that my employer had been forwarded a screenshot of a comment I'd made on facebook, and that they were no longer expecting me now. (Basically told not to bother turning up). They weren't clear which fb comment it was, only that it was made on Thursday by me on my wall and questions my dedication towards the company/job. My profile is set to private, and I do not have the employer as a "friend".
I've searched for such comment and so have my friends & family, but there is absolutely nothing that would indicate my loss of interest in the role. The company, it's employees, clients etc. not mentioned by me anywhere, nor is anything to do with me starting a job on June 3rd.
I had turned down other offers of employment, have put £4000 on a house yesterday, and now have no job. I have no written notice withdrawal of job offer.
The contract had been signed, and states the usual "can't be dismissed without reason etc. etc.". But the contract only covers actually working, not a job offer being withdrawn.
Would this stand as an unfair dismissal case/unfair withdrawal case?
My start date was agreed months ago to be 3rd of June and now on the 31st of May I have been told I have no job.
Will have to sell a pony now to cover the cost of the house deposit, and another so I can live until I find a new job
I was due to start a new job on Monday. However on Friday (yesterday) at 6.30pm I got a phonecall from the recruitment agency saying that my employer had been forwarded a screenshot of a comment I'd made on facebook, and that they were no longer expecting me now. (Basically told not to bother turning up). They weren't clear which fb comment it was, only that it was made on Thursday by me on my wall and questions my dedication towards the company/job. My profile is set to private, and I do not have the employer as a "friend".
I've searched for such comment and so have my friends & family, but there is absolutely nothing that would indicate my loss of interest in the role. The company, it's employees, clients etc. not mentioned by me anywhere, nor is anything to do with me starting a job on June 3rd.
I had turned down other offers of employment, have put £4000 on a house yesterday, and now have no job. I have no written notice withdrawal of job offer.
The contract had been signed, and states the usual "can't be dismissed without reason etc. etc.". But the contract only covers actually working, not a job offer being withdrawn.
Would this stand as an unfair dismissal case/unfair withdrawal case?
My start date was agreed months ago to be 3rd of June and now on the 31st of May I have been told I have no job.
Will have to sell a pony now to cover the cost of the house deposit, and another so I can live until I find a new job