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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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    Court of Appeal gets personal over unfair dismissal

    by Personnel Today 19 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 19 Oct 2005

    Dismissing someone purely on the basis of their personality is not illegal, the Court of Appeal ruled last week.

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Constructive dismissal claim fails for Hilton barman

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2005

    A former barman at the Hilton Waldorf hotel in London has had his claim of constructive dismissal through racial discrimination thrown out by an employment tribunal

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    Do not rely on police to investigate wrongdoing

    by Personnel Today 6 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 6 Sep 2005

    Employers are regularly told that they cannot rely on the police to do the job of investigating for them and that they should conduct their own inquiry

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    BA loses appeal against female pilot’s tribunal win

    by Michael Millar 22 Jul 2005
    by Michael Millar 22 Jul 2005

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected BA's appeal against a ruling in favour of a female pilot.

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Age directive to deliver redundancy and dismissal rights to over 65s

    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2005
    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2005

    Over 65s are to get the same rights to unfair dismissal and redundancy payments as younger workers under new measures to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace.

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal
    • HR practice

    DVD piracy in the workplace

    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2005
    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2005

    The workplace is proving to be a major source of counterfeit DVDs. The Industry Trust for Intellectual Property Awareness examines the penalties for copyright theft and how HR can help firms stay on the right side of the law

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    HR staff at risk as Asda cuts 1,000 jobs

    by dan thomas 5 Jul 2005
    by dan thomas 5 Jul 2005

    Asda has confirmed that it is to cut up to 1,000 jobs, including hundreds of head office roles

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    Mirror mirror against the wall

    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2005
    by Personnel Today 3 Jul 2005

    It's not a pretty sight when a media dispute breaks out. Peter Taylor finds out why the press finds it so difficult to look itself in the eye when it comes to staff matters

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    The cost of jury service

    by Alex Blyth 21 Jun 2005
    by Alex Blyth 21 Jun 2005

    Alex Blyth looks at how new rules for jury service will affect UK employers

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal
    • HR practice

    No place for pornography at work

    by Personnel Today 21 Jun 2005
    by Personnel Today 21 Jun 2005

    Employment lawyer Jill Kelly explains how to clamp down on employees who visit porn websites at work

    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances
    • Dismissal

    Written explanation of reasons for dismissal

    by Personnel Today 31 May 2005
    by Personnel Today 31 May 2005

    XpertHR answers questions on the right to receive a written statement of reasons for dismissal

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Sabotage of IT systems is an inside job

    by Anthony Savvas 19 May 2005
    by Anthony Savvas 19 May 2005

    Insiders who sabotage their organisation’s network are almost always motivated by revenge, said a joint report from the US Secret Service and the Computer Emergency Response Team.

    • Employment law
    • Ethics
    • Latest News

    Ousting the CEO was all the rage in 2004

    by Quentin Reade 19 May 2005
    by Quentin Reade 19 May 2005

    CEO dismissals and other forced departures reached record levels last year, according to the fourth annual survey of CEO turnover.

    • Employment law
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    • Dismissal

    Why managers don’t act against staff who view child porn

    by Ross Bentley 13 May 2005
    by Ross Bentley 13 May 2005

    Managers are unlinkely to report staff caught looking at child porn at work for fear of getting embroiled in a lengthy legal case

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    Case round-up – tribunal time limits

    by Personnel Today 10 May 2005
    by Personnel Today 10 May 2005

    Williams-Ryan v Marks & Spencer, Court of Appeal, 19 April 2005

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