Unfair dismissal
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Updated with reference to the Government's announcement about reducing the qualifying period for the right to unfair dismissal
Updated with reference to the Government's announcement about reducing the qualifying period for the right to unfair dismissal.
Updated with reference to the Government's announcement about reducing the qualifying period for the right to unfair dismissal.
The government will reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from two years to six months, dropping Labour's longstanding manifesto commitment in the Employment Rights Bill to make it a day-one right.
Updated to reflect the Government's announcement that the unfair dismissal qualifying period will be reduced to six months, rather than removed altogether.
MPs have rejected amendments to the Employment Rights Bill tabled by the House of Lords, which the government said would have weakened the Bill, including watering down the day one right to protection from unfair dismissal and limiting those able to benefit from the ban on 'exploitative' zero hours contracts.
A shift leader who worked at JD Wetherspoon for 22 years has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked without notice for mistakenly giving 50% staff discount to a colleague.
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HR and legal information and guidance relating to unfair dismissal.