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You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious circumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct (Faking sick leave has been previously held up in court as gross misconduct), you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding withholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to be s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious circumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding withholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to be s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious circumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct (Faking sick leave has been previously held up in court as gross misconduct), you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding withholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to be s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

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You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious ciurcumstancescircumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding witholdingwithholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to be s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious ciurcumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding witholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious circumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding withholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to be s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

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You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious ciurcumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding witholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his reponseresponse to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious ciurcumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding witholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his reponse to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand.

You (ex) boss doesn't sound like the easiest person to work for, however being honest you don't sound like the easiest person to employ either.

uses the profits from the business to go on expensive holidays at least once or twice a month

Yep, that's kind of what profits are for.

A few weeks ago I asked for a day off as I had been given tickets to go to an exhibition in London (I asked a couple of weeks in advance and new that there was enough staff in to cover for me) however he quite spitefully responded saying ‘no’.

While it sounds a bit harsh given what you've said about making sure staff were about that day etc. Your boss isn't obligated to say "yes". And frankly if that had started you thinking about resigning then I wouldn't have blamed you.

But then you did this:

It came around to the day and I decided to say screw this and called in sick, he suspected that I was faking it (which I was)

You faked a sick day, in perhaps the most obvious ciurcumstances ever.

wrote me an awful email saying that I must attend a disciplinary meeting to review my employment at the company

I'm not surprised - whatever else may have passed between the two of you prior to this what you did could be considered gross misconduct, you then go on to not respond to this mail. Regarding witholding the raise money - we don't have enough info to be certain but assuming this was a new raise for this month and not one that had started yet I think you're going to s##t out of luck there.

So you ask:

Is he allowed to do this? Effectively fire me when I hand in my resignation?

From the information we have, yes he can. Normally you'd be entitled to the pay for your notice period (even if they asked you not to work it) but given the circumstances and the wording of his response to you:

Your conduct has not met the standards required to continue working at the company and your employment is terminated with immediate effect.

I think you're being fired for gross misconduct - in which case there's no notice pay, nothing. You didn't engage with the disciplinary proceedings (except to resign 6 days later!)

I am certain that he will refuse to write me a reference.

I think you're right - and it's likely nothing to do with him being "spiteful", you were fired for gross misconduct, do you seriously expect a reference?

Is there anything that I can do about this?

No.

His refusal to write a reference could be damaging to my future career endeavours

You probably should have thought about that beforehand. I appreciate that sounds harsh but I think you need to face that you've messed up here, badly. We've all been there and thought "screw this" when we've felt an employer has treated us unfairly but you can rarely do that without some consequences for it - and if you're prepared to take those consequences then by all means but I think you've been naive here and ultimately it's going to hurt you more than anyone.

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