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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.


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    Three-quarters concerned about day-one unfair dismissal rights

    by Jo Faragher 21 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 21 Oct 2024

    More than three-quarters of employers are worried about the introduction of day-one rights for unfair dismissal.

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    Meta dismisses workers over meal voucher misuse

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2024

    The firm, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, dismissed the employees, some of whom were on six-figure salaries, from its Los Angeles offices.

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    Financier sacked for £11,700 company card bill wins damages

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 14 Oct 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 14 Oct 2024

    A financier who charged £11,700 to his corporate credit card while on holiday after his wallet was stolen awarded £25,000 in damages

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    Law firm’s UK arm shut after exodus of senior staff

    by Jo Faragher 9 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 9 Oct 2024

    A series of departures by senior employees led to the collapse of a US law firm’s London office, it has been revealed.

    • Employment law
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    Fear of job loss restricts whistleblowing

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024

    51% of workers say they would not feel safe disclosing illegal activities by their company

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    Worker sacked for insulting customer wins unfair dismissal payout

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024

    An administrator who was sacked for insulting a customer in an email wins a payout of almost £5,500 after claiming unfair dismissal.

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    Met Police officer dismissed for antisemitic language

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024

    A Metropolitan Police constable has been dismissed for using antisemitic language at work after colleagues reported his unacceptable behaviour.

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    Top 10 HR questions August 2024: Duty to prevent sexual harassment

    by Brightmine 4 Sep 2024
    by Brightmine 4 Sep 2024

    A new positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment comes into force from 26 October 2024.

    • Employment law
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    Sales worker ‘asked if her name was real’ loses race discrimination claim

    by Jo Faragher 29 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 29 Aug 2024

    A black sales worker has lost her case for race discrimination after colleagues asked her if her hair was real and whether she ate food with her fingers.

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    Social worker awarded £154k discrimination payout

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024

    A social worker who was discriminated against and constructively dismissed has been awarded nearly £154,000 by an employment tribunal.

    • Sexual harassment
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    Waitress sexually harassed by ‘creepy’ boss awarded £43k at tribunal

    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2024

    Waitress sexually harassed and dismissed by her boss after only a month awarded nearly £43,000 at the employment tribunal.

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    Sacked teacher loses racial discrimination case

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Aug 2024

    A former maths teacher has been ordered to pay £20,000 after losing his tribunal case against an independent school.

    • Criminal records
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    HR legal opinion: why the BBC continued to pay Huw Edwards’ salary

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024

    The BBC is facing questions over why it continued to pay news presenter Huw Edwards his salary for five months after his arrest for possessing indecent images of children in November 2023.

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    Pregnant HR exec sent laughing emojis after redundancy wins £21k

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024

    Pregnant worker learned of her redundancy and received a line of laughing emojis from her boss, tribunal hears.

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    German police officer dismissed for stealing 180kg of cheese

    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024

    German police officer loses appeal to overturn dismissal after he stole 180kg of cheddar cheese from an overturned refrigerated lorry.

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