UNFAIR DISMISSAL LAW

By Prof. Alan Rycroft

OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
  1. Progressive discipline
  2. Categorising reasons for dismissal
  3. Resignation and the termination of employment

• The employment contract
  1. Who is an Employee?
  2. When does an applicant for a job become an employee?
  3. 'Non standard' employment (TES, fixed term contracts, part time employees)

• Misconduct
  1. Procedural fairness
  2. Substantive fairness (see specific offences covered)
      
• Incapacity
  1. Categorising incapacity
  2. Poor work performance
  3. Ill health / injury
  4. Incompatability

• Operational Requirements
   
• Automatically Unfair Dismissals
   
• Constructive Dismissals
   
• Executive Dismissals
   
• Dismissal demanded by third party
   
• Evidence
   
• Remedies for unfair dismissal
   
• Review