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I have been working for my employer for 8 months and today he dismissed me. Can I claim unfair dismissal?

Unfortunately no. In most cases you need to have one year continuous employment before you can bring an unfair dismissal claim. There are some cases where you don’t need to be employed for one year, for example if you are dismissed for being pregnant or complaining about health and safety problems.

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