Unfair Dismissal
Unfair Dismissal Solicitor
If you have been dismissed from work and believe this is unfair, you may be entitled to make a claim.
You may be a woman who has been dismissed because of pregnancy, you may have been dismissed without notice and correct procedures may not have been followed or you may feel that you have been forced to resign because of the actions of your employer.
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If you feel your employer ended your employment unfairly, either because of the reason why you were dismissed, or the process they used, then you may have been unfairly dismissed and might be able to complain to an Employment Tribunal.
There are several ways your dismissal could be unfair:
- Your employer does not have a fair reason for dismissing you (eg if there was nothing wrong with your job performance)
- Your employer did not follow the correct process when dismissing you (eg if the have not followed their company dismissal processes)
- You were dismissed for an automatically unfair reason (eg because you wanted to take maternity leave)
There are some reasons for dismissal that are automatically unfair. If you are dismissed for any of these reasons then you should be able to make a claim to and Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal.
Some of the more common incidences of unfair dismissal include:
- Dismissal before, during or after business transfers
- Unfair selection for redundancy
- Dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity rights
- Dismissal in connection with disciplinary or grievance hearings
- Dismissal relating to your working time
- Dismissal relating to part-time or fixed-term work
- Dismissal relating to trade union reasons
- Dismissal during an industrial dispute
- Dismissal relating to the National Minimum Wage (NMW)
- Dismissal for taking action on health and safety grounds
- Dismissal relating to activities as an employee representative
If your employer dismisses you for exercising or trying to exercise one of your statutory (legal) employment rights you will have been automatically unfairly dismissed.
An employees statutory employment rights include a right to:
- a written statement of employment particulars
- an itemised pay statement
- a minimum notice period
- maternity, paternity or adoption leave
- time off for antenatal care
- parental leave
- time off for dependants
- the right to request flexible working arrangements
- not to be discriminated against because of your gender, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age
- guaranteed pay when work is not available for you
- time off for public duties (eg jury service)
- protection against unlawful deductions from wages
- remuneration during suspension on medical grounds
- refusing to do shop or betting work on a Sunday
- making a public interest disclosure or ‘blowing the whistle’
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