Question: Employment Law Case Study
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Answer: To claim for unfair dismissal the employee must have been dismissed at the date of termination. The employee must have been employed for at least one year . Section 94 proclaims that, subject to exceptions “an employee shall have the right not to be unfairly dismissed by his employer.”
For Harry’s claim for unfair dismissal he has worked for his employer for at least one year and he could bring a claim for constructive dismissal. Constructive dismissal is a form of unfair dismissal; it is when the employee terminates the contract because of the conduct of the employer. In western Excavating v Sharp Lord Denning defined a contractual test “the employee is entitled in those circumstances to leave at the instant without giving any notice at all.” It is said in constructive dismissal the real reason for termination was in some way the prior conduct of the employer. An employ...(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: Employment Law
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 2536
- Date submitted: October 20, 2010
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 4002
