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Being lied to in interview and now facing redundancy

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Being lied to in interview and now facing redundancy

Concerned secretary

3 Sep 08

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Being lied to in interview and now facing redundancy	Concerned secretary	03/09/2008 16:09
I recently accepted a job as a secretary in a law firm after being told it was very busy and I would have plenty of work. I turned down three other jobs in favour of this one, two of which paid a lot more. I have now been here eight months during which time I have had hardly any work to do whatsoever and I have heard that rumours of redundancy had been prevalent before I was hired. In the last two months there have been 18 redundancies, the most recent being a secretary who was given no warning and no pay other than the outstanding holiday she was owed. She had been there for 11 months so now I believe I will be next. Not only am I worried about being given no notice of redundancy, I am extremely angry at the fact that this firm has secured my employment on a lie, and thus denied me the other three jobs I had been offered, and now can withdraw it whenever it feels like it with no recompense to me. I would like to know if there are any legal grounds for compensation in these circumstances. Thank you for any advice you can give.