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”.
M&S bakery worker wins claim for automatic unfair dismissal and pregnancy discrimination at Watford employment tribunal.
A former recruiter has won £25,000 in compensation at an employment tribunal after she returned to an empty office following...
An accountant has received a EU145,000 payout after winning an unfair dismissal case against her employer.
A senior manager at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant accepted bribes including an £11,000 quad bike, a tribunal hearing has revealed.
Constructive dismissal, an often talked about but misunderstood area of employment law, continues to challenge HR professionals and business leaders alike.
Postman awarded £3,000 after tribunal finds he was unfairly dismissed for working as taxi driver while on sick leave from Royal Mail.
The draft Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2025, which applies to England, Wales and Scotland, is now before parliament.
Engineer wins unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim in a case where employment tribunal found colleagues had trespassed his home.
An estate agent who felt demoted after he transferred to another branch where his desk would be in the middle...
A marketing manager has won a claim for sex-based harassment and unfair dismissal after her manager endorsed degrading remarks.
The CIPD is urging the government to provide clarity for employers as new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill are unveiled.
A nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round and was consistently ignored by a colleague has won £41,000 for constructive dismissal.
Engineering professor unfairly dismissed by the University of Edinburgh awarded more than £1m after a 13-year legal battle.
The number of menopause-related employment tribunal claims more than trebles in two years, new analysis reveals.
Day-one unfair dismissal and sick pay rights among small firms' greatest concerns about Employment Rights Bill, FSB survey shows.
