Hi,
My daughter had cancer 8 years ago which her employer was informed of. 6 weeks into her 3 month probation she found she had a recurrence. She felt the employer was not happy that she needed to take individual days off for investigation. Some eyebrows raised and looking to the ceiling. She postponed her biopsy results appointment for a week as she was scared to ask for time off. She is 21.
I phoned the employer to discuss how we could make reasonable adjustments in the light of her recurrence and the Director of the small company would not take 5 minutes to speak with me. Her line manager assured me that although not ideal when running a business, they had told her that her health was more important. But she did not feel comfortable. Regardless, the appointments had to be attended.
She was called into the office at 3 months for a “catch up of how she was doing”. They told her that due to her lack of experience they would have to ‘let her go”. They knew she had no experience when she started, has been given no formal training and no feedback of her performance within the 3 month probation. No invite in writing to the “catch up” which I assume was the probation meeting, with the line manager and Director.
What rights does she have please?
