Talk to a lawyer to find out what you can do; they will know the likelihood of a successful case, and most would be happy to at least do a free consultation for

Talk to a lawyer to find out what you can do; they will know the likelihood of a successful case, and most would be happy to at least do a free consultation for 30m-1h. > And if you were to […] successfully claim for unfair dismissal your name will get around the local IT industry pretty quickly. That's also unfair discrimination! But I'd be amazed if any settlement didn't include a gag clause to prevent the parties from commenting on anything related to it. If they did, then it's back to court for a breach of contract… This isn't personal, it's just business. Companies use these tactics because candidates let them get away with it.