Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • Maternity & Paternity
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • Maternity & Paternity
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

Dismissal

A dismissal is the termination of an individual's employment by the employer. Employees have a right not to be unfairly dismissed from employment.

Before dismissing an employee, employers need to make sure that they have a potentially fair reason. The five potentially fair reasons for dismissal are: capability or qualifications; conduct; redundancy; where continued employment would contravene the law; and “some other substantial reason”.

A dismissal can also be constructive, where an employee resigns in response to his or her employer's breach of contract.


    • France
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    BNP Paribas banker accused of ’emotional terrorism’ wins €1.7m for unfair dismissal

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2022

    A banker who was accused of 'emotional terrorism' by colleagues has been awarded almost €1.7 million (£1.4m) for unfair dismissal.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Employment tribunal: use of word ‘bald’ can amount to sex-based harassment

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022

    An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician dismissed for gross misconduct had been subject to sex harassment because he was bald.

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Solicitor unfairly dismissed during cancer recovery awarded £17k

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 May 2022

    In Ms E Onibere v Rodman Pearce Solicitors Ltd, a tribunal ruled an employee with cancer was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against.

    • Webinars
    • Latest News
    • Constructive dismissal

    Avoiding constructive dismissal claims (webinar)

    by XpertHR 5 May 2022
    by XpertHR 5 May 2022

    What happens when an employee leaves and then claims constructive dismissal? This webinar looks at the risks faced by employers.

    • Maternity
    • Latest News
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    Woman wins £15k payout following director’s treatment during pregnancy

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 May 2022

    An employee who was threatened with dismissal after revealing she was pregnant has been awarded a £15k pay out for pregnancy and maternity discrimination.

    • Economics, government & business
    • Latest News
    • Employment law

    Boris Johnson’s partygate fixed penalty notice: any lessons for HR?

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022

    Partygate has put the spotlight on internal investigations but are there really any lessons for HR? Meanwhile, suits are increasingly out at interviews…

    • Collective redundancy
    • Economics, government & business
    • Latest News

    Fire and rehire: Royal Mail faces threat of industrial action

    by Adam McCulloch 31 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 31 Mar 2022

    Unite threatens Royal Mail with industrial action over what it claims is a ‘fire and rehire’ scheme to replace managers.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Settlement agreements
    • Latest News

    P&O Ferries’ redundancy obligations: Legal Q&A

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022

    Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Employment law

    P&O Ferries chief ‘should step down’ but redundancies expose legal anomalies

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    Despite P&O Ferries' admission of law-breaking over the mass redundancy of 800 staff, many uncertainties remain over the laws shipping staff are subject to, MPs have heard.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    P&O Ferries: Grant Shapps told of ‘issues’ by DP World in late 2021

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    The UK transport secretary was ‘aware’ of problems at P&O Ferries by the time he met the head of DP World at Dubai Expo on 22 November last year.

    • Retail
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Sainsbury’s discriminated against worker with brain injury, finds tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022

    Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Employment law

    TUC: redundancies by P&O Ferries ‘must be a turning point for UK workers’ rights’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022

    In the wake of the P&O Ferry sackings the TUC has demanded that ministers prevent workers from ‘being treated like disposable labour’.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Europe
    • Latest News

    P&O Ferries ‘sees crews as collateral damage and has priced in legal fight’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022

    French, Dutch and Irish crews retained as questions grow over legality of P&O Ferries’ decision to axe 800 crews.

    • Latest News
    • Employee communications
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Unions call P&O Ferries mass sackings a ‘scandalous betrayal’

    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2022
    by Personnel Today 17 Mar 2022

    UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has sacked about 800 crew across its fleet with no notice after stopping all its sailings on Thursday 17 March.

    • Latest News
    • Employment law
    • Constructive dismissal

    Football and HR: 10 employment law issues in the beautiful game

    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022
    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022

    Many cases highlight how professionalism is lacking in UK football when it comes to employment contracts, even in the ultra rich Premier League.

Newer Posts
Older Posts
  • Apprenticeships are the solution to your recruitment problems PROMOTED | Apprenticeships have the pulling power...Read more
  • What it really means to be mentally fit PROMOTED | What is mental fitness...Read more
  • How music can help to ease anxiety at work PROMOTED | A lot has happened since March 2020, hasn’t it?...Read more
  • Why now is the time to plug the unhealthy gap PROMOTED | We’ve all heard the term ‘health is wealth’...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2022

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2022 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • Maternity & Paternity
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+