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 manager in a communications firm has been awarded almost £71,000 compensation by an employment tribunal after being unfairly dismissed in a case involving ageism.
A hospital consultant who raised safety concerns about a new procedure has been awarded £219,000 compensation for unfair dismissal.
A car dealership dismissed an employee without notice, pay or reason, and was found to have fabricated documents to purport that a fair process was followed.
A civil tribunal in Canada has ruled that an employee should compensate her former employer for ‘time theft’ because tracking software had calculated she had misrepresented hours worked.
An HGV driver who got into a fight with a colleague was unfairly dismissed amid flaws in the disciplinary and investigation process, a tribunal has ruled.
The top FAQ for December looks at the 2021/22 statistics for unfair dismissal compensation.
An employee who lost his job for refusing to work during the pandemic, claiming his workplace posed a ‘serious and...
Kam Jhuti, heard the tribunal, had been intimidated and harassed by her boss after shadowing a colleague and reporting that some colleagues were ‘in effect defrauding the company’.
A credit controller who was told he had been 'around since Pontius was a Pilate' has won a harassment and constructive dismissal case.
In Biggs v A Bilbrough & Co, solicitor branded a ‘ballbreaker’ is awarded £152,000 after successfully claiming sex discrimination and victimisation.
The Metropolitan Police has failed in its bid to overturn a Police Appeals Tribunal (PAT) ruling for it to reinstate...
A Subway franchise employee has been awarded more than £12,000 at an employment tribunal for harassment and unfair dismissal.
A former M&S worker has won her claim for unfair dismissal after she was sacked following a confrontation with a...
A drinks executive who objected to a 30% pay cut for 2,000 workers during Covid has been awarded £1.63 million...
A senior district nurse who was unfairly dismissed after voicing her intention to launch whistleblowing proceedings has been awarded more...
