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 former Clarks chief executive has lost his case for unfair dismissal after he was asked to resign following accusations of sexist, racist and homophobic comments.
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A woman has been awarded almost £28,000 after a tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed at 20 weeks pregnant....
A second Oxford University professor this year is challenging the institution over its retirement policy...
A former NHS worker who was threatened with legal action after reporting feeling suicidal has been awarded £92,000 in compensation...
An error made by managers working out who should be made redundant led to a successful claim of unfair dismissal from a former Age UK employee.
A former Tesco employee who was left in the dark about changes to her role and suspended for not accepting them was constructively and unfairly dismissed.
An HR manager at a merged NHS trust has won her claim for unfair dismissal but two of her colleagues' cases failed.
A care assistant who was dismissed has been awarded more than £35,000.
The employment tribunal system is still hamstrung by a lack of judicial and administrative resources, nearly two years after fees were scrapped
An employment tribunal has ruled that the sacking of an assistant restaurant manager after he had blown the whistle over ingredients was unfair.
A former Oxford University academic who was forced to retire at 67 has lost his claim for unfair dismissal and...
The government is accused of dragging its feet over protections for new mothers as a private member's bill is introduced in the House of Commons...
A nurse in Kent dismissed for “preaching” to patients has lost a second appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that...
The annual increase to the limits on compensation that can be awarded in an...
