In most cases, an employee with less than two years’ continuous service cannot claim unfair dismissal.
However, there are some important exceptions where a dismissal is automatically unfair, regardless of how long you have had the job. For example, these include dismissals for:
Being pregnant or on maternity leave.
Being a member of a trade union or taking part in various trade union activities (including official industrial action).
Properly reporting various kinds of wrongdoing at work — so-called ‘whistleblowing’.
Exercising rights such as taking family leave.
Equally, you cannot be selected for redundancy for any of these reasons. If you think you have been dismissed or made redundant without a fair reason, you should take legal advice.