The main change made this month was to increase the qualifying
period for employees to claim unfair dismissal from one year to
two years.
This only applies to new employees who started work on or after 6
April, which means that it is fairly straightforward – anyone already
employed before then will retain the one-year qualifying period.
Employers will need to check an employee’s start date carefully before dismissing him or her to establish whether they have the right to bring a claim or not. Read more ...
30 April 2012
Sickness is a sensitive issue which requires correct handling if you are to avoid any inference that you have been unfair or heavy handed: on the other hand you cannot be expected to stand back and watch absenteeism decimate the work force and extinguish your profits. Read more ...
23 March 2012
Employers can dismiss employees under one of six potentially fair reasons for dismissal: conduct, capability, redundancy, breach of a statutory enactment, some other substantial reason and retirement.
However carefully these dismissals are carried out by the employer, there is always a possibility that an unfair dismissal claim will be brought either because the dismissal is not for a fair reason or because it was not procedurally fair. Read more ...
29 February 2012
