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 Ministry of Defence (MoD) employee was fairly dismissed for making public appearances as a medium while on sick leave,...
An insurance company committed sex discrimination against a mother dismissed over absenteeism linked to her daughter’s ill health, an employment...
What happens if a manager or small business owner gets into an argument with an employee, and ends up saying...
An employee was unfairly dismissed when he was told to “not bother coming back on Monday” during an argument with...
An employment tribunal was wrong to conclude that a Scottish Canals employee was unfairly dismissed after he posted Facebook comments...
New FAQs covering various aspects of dismissal were among the most popular on XpertHR in July, including one on the...
An HR director in the NHS was constructively dismissed...
An employer committed associative disability discrimination against an employee following indications that he would be increasing the time spent with...
An employment tribunal has held that the removal of a Muslim’s Quran (Koran) during a locker clearance was not religious...
An employment tribunal has ordered an employer to pay over £17,000 to a devoutly religious Jewish applicant who was turned...
Chile is host to many multinational businesses, and has one of the highest rates of working hours in the world....
ON-DEMAND | When it comes to dismissing an employee, even the most experienced HR professional can struggle. Unfair dismissal law remains extremely complex and getting it wrong can be expensive.
Reports suggest that an employment tribunal has awarded £406,000 to an architect who was subjected to sexist bullying and marginalised...
An employee who discovered a draft document about proposed changes to the pension scheme on his employer’s shared drive and...
The classic “range of reasonable responses test” in unfair dismissal cases means that a harsh dismissal is not necessarily an...
