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End of employment

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Notice periods: pay in lieu of notice

    This guide highlights the procedure that the employer must follow if it is paying the employee in lieu of notice.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Redundancy: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Updated to reflect proposed reforms to redundancy protections and collective redundancy obligations under the "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation in Northern Ireland. 

  • Type:
    International

    Global retirement and pensionable age comparative table

    Enhanced to include new information on the pensionable age in Austria.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Termination by mutual consent and frustration of contract

    This guide illustrates when a contract of employment can be terminated by mutual consent, whereby the employer and employee come to a mutual agreement to end the employment relationship or frustrated, whereby an unforeseen event - typically the employee's prolonged ill health, the employee's death, or a lengthy imprisonment - disrupts the performance of the contract of employment.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Unfair dismissal: contravention of statutory duty or restriction

    This guide describes the potentially fair reason for dismissal due to a contravention of a statutory duty or restriction (sometimes referred to as a "statutory bar" dismissal). The dismissal of an employee may be fair if they are unable to continue working without contravening a duty or restriction (either on their part or that of their employer) imposed by legislation (such as a driving disqualification for an employee whose duties involve driving).

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Unfair dismissal: conduct

    This guide explains conduct, which is one of the potentially fair reasons for dismissal in an unfair dismissal claim. An unfair dismissal claim involving misconduct generally revolves around whether the decision to dismiss fell within the range of reasonable responses and the employer followed a fair procedure in line with the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures".

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Unfair dismissal: some other substantial reason

    This guide breaks down "some other substantial reason" for dismissal, which is one of five potentially fair reasons capable of justifying dismissal. Examples of situations that can, depending on the circumstances, fall within this potentially fair reason for dismissal include third-party pressure to dismiss, personality clashes, and reputational damage.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Unfair dismissal: capability or qualifications

    This guide explains lack of capability or qualifications, which is one of five potentially fair reasons capable of justifying dismissal. Capability dismissals generally occur as the result of poor performance or ill health. The absence of the necessary qualifications is also a potentially fair reason for dismissal.

  • Date:
    28 May 2025
    Type:
    News

    WFH for important meeting was acceptable, tribunal rules

    An IT director who insisted on working from home for an important meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.

  • Date:
    27 May 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Mythbusting: Constructive dismissal claims

    Constructive dismissal claims are commonly misunderstood and misrepresented, as typified by the headlines attracted by two recent employment tribunal judgments. Stephen Simpson indulges in a little mythbusting.