Dismissal

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employee claim unfair dismissal on expiry of a fixed-term contract of employment?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What should collective redundancy consultation be about?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is it unlawful for an employer to dismiss an employee for incompetence?

• Type:

  FAQs

  When can an employer dismiss an employee on the grounds of ill health?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How does a tribunal gauge whether an employee has been unfairly dismissed on the basis of misconduct?

• Date:

  1 May 2001

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Damages: No common law remedy for financial loss flowing from manner of dismissal

  There is no common law contractual remedy for financial or other loss allegedly flowing from the manner or circumstances of an employee's dismissal, holds the House of Lords in Johnson v Unisys Ltd.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer dismiss an employee for making a public interest disclosure?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can a person on a fixed-term contract make any claims on the employer if the contract is terminated?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employer chooses not to provide any training can an employee dismissed for unsatisfactory job performance succeed in a claim for unfair dismissal?

• Date:

  15 April 2001

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Misconduct: Band of reasonable responses test applicable to procedure as well as outcome

  In a case where misconduct is admitted by the employee, the requirement of reasonableness in s.98(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 relates not only to the outcome in terms of the penalty imposed by the employer, but also to the process by which the employer arrived at that decision, holds the Court of Appeal in Whitbread plc (trading as Whitbread Medway Inns) v Hall.