help!

I have been working for my employer for 14 months, as a hgv driver.

On friday 27th jan i got back to the yard and was called into the office.
I was told there and then that i was being laid off, i was also told that another 2 drivers would be laid off.
At this point i said i was leaving the meeting to contact my union to which i did and i have now appealed.

I am a bit confused so i am hoping someone on here can answer me a few questions.
Was i suppose to be consulted prior to being told on Friday, my boss his now saying that he was going to consult but i left the meeting!

Any more info would be helpful
Thank You
Mark

Please define "laid off "-made redundant or just told there is no work at the moment. And what has the union told you?

I really mean made redundant and the union as just told me to appeal to which i have done.

Well that seems to be all you can do right now. You have asked for reasons for your selection?

I have appealed against the way i was selected although he has never told me how i was selected.

And i have appealed because i was'nt consulted but he is now saying that i would have been consulted if i had not left the meeting.

Well, walking out did leave him that opening. But you cannot put back the clock. Have you asked for the way the selection was made - you don't have much chance of an appeal if you don't have that information.

he as told me the criteria that he had to use to make a dicision but he did'nt tell me until i had lodged an appeal in fact i gave him the letter on Saturday but the letter i got replying to the letter of appeal was written on the Friday.

Ok, so you have the reason - why did you get selected? I'm afraid you can't hang him for getting a date wrong....

He has'nt told me why i was selected he as just wrote down the criteria.

But maybe the real reasons are because.

1. I refused to take more than one passenger in my truck.

2. I refused to go with a driver that smoked in is cab.

3. I refused to take my tacho out on a friday when i got back to yard, whilst we loaded up.

4. I refused to work on a saturday without putting a tacho in, and not declaring it on my time sheet.

oh and i instisted on having 45 hours weekly rest although i never did.

His he meant to put the reason why i was selected in writing?