Sacked unjustly - Can I have your views

[tubeway]

My youngest son completed his engineering apprenticeship at a large international company last September. Due to the economic climate they did not take on any apprentices - so he got a temporary job that was as an engineer. When that work finished he got another job (not engineering) for a security company - it was not his sort of thing but he wanted to work. He then got offered a job for a large manufacturing company local to us as an engineer - which is just what he was looking for. The first 3 months were to be training on the machines - and then join his shift. he was told that he would have to buy his own tools - which he spent a lot of money on - but saw it as an investment in his future.
He had been there for 2 weeks - and was happy and doing well (he was told) when last weekend he came down with winter vomiting sickness. It was a geniune illness and it spread through the family like wildfire. After being very ill on the Sunday night he texted his manager and contacted the gatehouse (as per company procedure) to say that he could not go to work on Monday. He was off sick for another day and went back to work on Wednesday.
On Thursday afternoon he was called up to the office and told that he was being sacked. He said that it was a geniune illness and the first time that he had taken any sick for over 3 years (he was not even paid sick). He was told that they did not care he was going. He was told that his training was not going well either - his manager was there and said that he was behind in his training but that was not my sons fault. My son was then told that the decision had been made and he was going.
I know that he has only been there 2 weeks so has no legal rights - but is there anything that he can do. He has done nothing wrong at all (In fact if he had gone in this could have closed the factory it spreads so easily).
What do you think he should do?
What should he have done?
What do you think of this company?

[sara3]

http://www.theanswerb...n/Question869904.html

[ChuckFickens]

Don't forget the one in CB too Sara.

[sara3]

you're kidding? lol!

[tubeway]

I posted this in different areas as you often find that people stick to their "own bits"

Anything wrong with that?

[sara3]

you could link them so that people aren't commenting on 3 different threads.

[ummmm]

Yes there is tubeway. People can't keep up and are not sure which one they are answering.

[ChuckFickens]

point 6

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Info/Rules/

[factor-fiction]

Posting the same question in different places has pros and cons. The advantage of doing it in one place is that all the arguments are addressed in one thread.
If he has been there only 2 weeks he cannot claim unfair dismissal. But there's no harm in appealing to teh firm to reconsider

[tubeway]

Sorry but I only ever come on here to help people by answering their questions and asking the occasional one myself . Now that I know of the answerbank police and the pedantic sad people that lie within I will be more careful in future .