Dismissal

New and updated

• Date:

  18 October 2022

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Gross misconduct and fairness - what part does the employment contract play?

  If an employer dismisses for gross misconduct, what does this mean for an employee's contractual rights? Does a failure to pay notice pay, make an otherwise fair dismissal unfair? Max Winthrop, partner at Sintons LLP, joins us to answer these questions and more, drawing on his legal and practical expertise. Max also shares his thoughts on the potential for significant change to employment law under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dress codes: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions concerning dress and jewellery codes that led to successful employment tribunal claims for religious discrimination and unfair constructive dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Age discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers were held to have discriminated against employees because their age was a factor in their dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Mishandled disciplinary procedures: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.

• Date:

  1 July 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law changes 2022: Mid-year progress report for HR

  As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for conducting performance appeal meeting

  A model checklist to set out the process for conducting a performance dismissal appeal hearing.

• Type:

  How to

  How to consider alternatives to redundancy in an economic downturn

  Practical guidance for HR on measures that some employers may be able to take to avoid redundancies due to economic conditions; including reducing hours, redeploying staff and options for making longer-term efficiencies.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Acas code applies to dismissal disguised as redundancy

  In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfair constructive dismissal: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the actions of the employer led to successful unfair constructive dismissal claims.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at five recent cases in which employers have been found to have discriminated against employees who were pregnant or on maternity leave.