Dismissal

New and updated

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  Quick reference

  Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2024. 

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Automatic unfair dismissal

  Updated to reflect the increase in compensation limits in cases of unfair dismissal, effective from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  Training

  Individual redundancies - line manager training

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay and the extension of redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents in force from 6 April 2024. 

• Type:

  Training

  Collective redundancies - line manager training

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay and the extension of redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents in force from 6 April 2024. 

• Type:

  Training

  Individual redundancies quiz - line manager training

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay, in force from 6 April 2024. 

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the unfair dismissal basic award?

  Updated to reflect statutory limits in place from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the unfair dismissal compensatory award?

  Updated to reflect the maximum compensatory award from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  How to

  How to protect against claims of constructive dismissal

  Updated to reflect the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal, effective from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where a redundancy will take effect before an employee goes on maternity leave are they entitled to be offered suitable alternative employment?

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered suitable alternative employment extends to pregnant employees from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee made redundant while on maternity leave have any special rights?

  Updated to reflect the extension of the protected period to cover pregnant employees and those returning from family leave from 6 April 2024.