Have I been unfairly dismissed

Nope because you haven't been employed by them for 2 [two] years.

So suck it up brother/sister.

The facts:

I am 4 months and two weeks into a fixed-term contract with a company (who will not be named)
I have been given a notice of one month, meaning that my contract will end at 5 months and 2 weeks- or 2 weeks before it should have ended
If I were to complete the entire 6 weeks of my contract I would be entitled to a one off payment of £750. Since I have been given a notice two weeks short of that I will not.

I am told I am being dismissed because my attention to detail was not up to scratch.
A piece of my work had been quality checked and sent back.
While I had been given one one caution 3 months ago no actual warning was given, no formal written warning was given, no discussion of the problem or ways to fix the problem (like training on what mistakes to look out for) was given.

I am actually going to Greece for two weeks tomorrow and I was given the notice today. There was no warning that I was going to be given any notice and the meeting set up did not give any indication that I was in any trouble.

Over all I feel that firstly the timing of the dismissal is doubly suspicious, seeing as I will be in no position to fight my corner for two weeks and also that this is the last avaliable time they have before they can dismiss me and not pay my bonus.

I feel a lack of communication on the managers part is also an issue. I had no idea and no warning that this was an issue. The other work I have done has come back without issue. The work I am being fired for was not originally in my works description. The manager themselves have said that the other work I have done is good enough but I am still being fired.

Unfortunately not. You are more protected if you have been with an organisation for 1 year or more (it used to be two years, but changed in 2012).


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