Is this fair

[Gilly]

A friend of mine, left a secure job in a supermarket to work in a newly refurbished pub and restaurant. she was given 3 days training and then worked 5 days finishing on Thursday night. On Friday morning, the manager rung her to tell her not to bother coming in again - thats all - no explanation - nothing. she told her dad and he rung this manager to ask for some kind of explanation and was told that she wasn't picking the job up quick enough, yet he told my friend on Wednesday that she was doing well, he also told her dad that he was frightened that she would have a panic attack as she had a slight one on the training days which was really nothing as nobody noticed she told him that she had had one because she had missed a couple of points whilst dealing with it.
So now she has no job, is this legal what he has done.
Has anybody any answers for me please

[bednobs]

yes, as long as he gave her the correct amount of notice

[Gilly]

he didn,t give her any notice,she finished at about 12.15am last Thursday and on Friday morning he rung her and told not to bother coming in anymore, she was sacked

[Gilly]

Sorry she finished at 12.15 am Friday morning and he rung her later on

[Whickerman]

If she's been in the job less than a year, then there's no case usually for unfair dismissals.

Is it fair? Probably not.

She could try take it further, but I'll bet you a fiver that somewhere on the application there was a medical question and I'll have another fiver that your friend didn't mention being susceptible to panic attacks.

Again - fair? Probably not.

[dot.hawkes]

It isn't fair, but it must also mean that the person who interviewed and recruited her has either not chosen the right applicant or the trainer has not given her the right training. If she has managed to work successfully in a supermarket then there is no reason, other than abit of new job nerves, that she shouldn;t cope in a pub. It sounds wrong and a lame excuse, but if the pub employs less than the minium qualifying staff for employemtn law to count i think there is little to be done. But her father should not have intervened as this would show immaturity on here part, she should have asked for a face to face meeting

[dot.hawkes]

In my job, we cannot instantly dismiss anyone on the grounds stated here, we have to offer support and retraining, there is no such thing as a trial period, which is why when we go through the selection process we have to be absolutely sure we have chosen the right person for the job

[Gilly]

she left her supermarket job a fortnight ago today, started the training for this job on 3rd march, the pub opened on 6th of march and he sacked her on the 13th march, friends at the supermarket she worked at said that she picked things up quick and was a supervisor there . The panic attack was just a bit of hyper-ventilating which lasted about 3 minutes

[cassa333]

There is probably more to it than just not picking the job up quickly enough (although it is rather easy).

Did she fit in? or do you think they employed more than they needed with the intention of getting rid of the weekest link?

[buildersmate]

The legal answer to your question is, once she had been there a month, she is entitled to one weeks notice (unless the contract says something different - which it doesn't seem to). There is nothing more she can do.
Others have answered the fairness element to your question.