Employment Appeal Tribunal - November 2012
An HR associate director was made redundant without consultation, following a restructuring exercise to protect the company from insolvency, during…
Various issues can arise when terminating employment and a number of claims can be brought by an employee who has been dismissed.
Key points
In addition to termination by the employer, there will…
Key points
If provoked to resign by the employer's actions, an employee may have been constructively dismissed.
The employee is bound by his or her contract of employment to work a period of notice…
Key points
A redundancy situation can exist where business, or part of it, is shut down completely, shut down at a specific location (even if moving to a new location) or the requirement for…
Generally speaking, there is no legal obligation on an employer to provide a reference. However it is relatively unusual for employers to refuse and an employer may be obliged to provide one if it…
The concept of retirement has changed radically in the last five years, and significant restrictions have been placed on employers’ ability to retire employees since the default retirement age (set…
Employment Appeal Tribunal - January 2013
An employer decided to substitute a final formal disciplinary warning, plus a downgrading of role, and a transfer, for the sanction of dismissal. The…
Employment Appeal Tribunal - January 2013
An employee brought a claim for unfair dismissal after he was accused of stealing. His employer carried out a detailed investigation after which he was…
