FAQs

All items: Entitlement to notice and pay

Is an employee who resigns while on maternity leave entitled to notice pay?
Are employees on fixed-term contracts entitled to statutory notice of their dismissal?
Do employers have the right to dismiss employees without notice?
Where an employee resigns but does not work the required notice period, must the employer pay them for this period?
If a contract can be terminated by notice can it be a fixed-term contract?
Is an employee who has exhausted their sick pay entitled to notice pay if dismissed on grounds of ill health?
For the purposes of summary dismissal, how does an employer legally define a serious breach of contract?
Can the courts force an employer to retract a dismissal without notice if an employee has not committed a serious breach of contract?

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