Check my rights · Employment & work

Dismissed or threatened with dismissal

Identify service length, reason and time-limit issues before assuming ordinary unfair dismissal is the only route.

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Does another part of the problem overlap?

Use a connected checker when the same facts also involve a second issue.

Disciplinary or grievance problemIdentify whether you need to answer allegations, raise a grievance, appeal a decision or preserve a protected issue.Flexible-working request problemCheck whether the request was handled reasonably, decided on proper grounds and kept separate from discrimination issues.Holiday or time-off request refusedSeparate annual leave, statutory family or dependant leave, disability issues and discretionary workplace policy.

Where has it reached?

Move to the next stage without losing the original issue.

They have repliedTest the reason, refusal or explanation they gave you.It remains unresolvedStructure, audit or escalate the complaint.You need outside reviewFind the correct ombudsman, regulator, appeal or court route.