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Wrongful dismissal in the United Kingdom

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280:, i.e. one entitling the employee to consider himself no longer bound on the basis of the employer no longer considering itself bound. The employer's repudiatory breach (wrongful dismissal) forces the employee to accept it as he is prevented from earning from the employer and required to mitigate by working for someone else, thus terminating the contract. This does not follow contract law and is an invention by judges, disliked by others, designed to reflect the reality of employment, using the dual fictions that because the right to wages depends on the obligation to work, there is no right to wages if the employer tells the employee not to work (forgetting that the employer is not able to terminate the obligation to work other than in accordance with the contract) and that the employee has accepted the repudiation by not working for the employer even though he is willing and able. Otherwise the employee would be entitled to stay at home at the employer's request yet sue for unpaid wages as a debt. 438:
to do this unilaterally, it may simply trigger a claim that would not otherwise have happened, had it turned a blind eye to the employee making a couple of weeks' wages out of the situation. Due to the disproportionate cost of employment litigations, it is usually sensible for an employer to err on the side of generosity, trying to ensure the parting of ways is amicable rather than showing off how many loopholes can be found. Pensions cannot be deducted. It is possible for a contract to be worded so as to make the pay in lieu of notice a debt, to which the employee is entitled even if he gets a new job the next day.
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constructively dismissed, as well as possibly having a claim for breach of the duty not to destroy the bond of mutual trust, will usually have a claim for wrongful dismissal. As only economic loss can be claimed for breach of contract, the main loss will be earnings due to the lost notice period, as opposed to any disgruntlement about the manner or reason for dismissal, so the constructive nature of the dismissal tends to disappear into the claim for lost notice period.
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statutory minima are one week for one month to two years' service then one extra week per year of service from two to twelve years up to a maximum of 12 weeks. The minima will also override contractual provisions if insufficient. Common law notice, used by courts where the contract is silent, depends on the work, seniority, length of service and payment intervals, but not on what the employer can afford; senior specialists can be given six or even up to twelve months.
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Breaches of contract by the employer serious enough to create a wrongful dismissal are also a constructive dismissal; wrongful dismissals not caused by insufficient notice would have been caused by another breach, such as of the duty not to destroy the mutual bond of trust, and have included failure
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The employee is always entitled to be paid during his employment and the required notice period; they are often also entitled to work. Requiring the employee to spend the time in leisure (i.e. at home, on vacation, etc.) in order to "get them out of the way" can be considered illegal, even though it
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The notice period will usually be in the written agreement, otherwise there are statutory minimums but a court can imply a reasonable period and often will if it thinks the employee has been treated shabbily - for example, one week can turn into a month, and one month can turn into three months. The
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Wrongful dismissal is the lesser type of unlawful dismissal, costing only what it would have done to keep the employee during the notice period, but it can be slightly dangerous for the employer, due to the potential loss of restrictive covenants and due to the employee being able to start alleging
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Because it is a contract claim, the employee has a duty to mitigate his loss by seeking employment, as soon as possible, for as high a wage as possible;so the tribunal or court would deduct earnings from a new job, during the correct notice period from compensation due, but if the employer attempts
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To avoid arguments about whether these would have been earned, it may make sense to compromise by paying the usual sort of overtime or bonus the employee would have gotten if working. Courts are astute to employers trying to wriggle out of paying commission with arguments like "it was not triggered
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In a tribunal the remedy would be compensation; in court the remedy would be damages but rarely an injunction. An injunction could be awarded to enforce a contractual disciplinary procedure, but because compensation is usually an adequate remedy for premature termination, an injunction is generally
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The unfair dismissal claim would, if he is well advised, be in respect of the post-termination period and sue in court for wrongful dismissal in respect of the notice period, thus stretching out the statutory limits by making the unfair dismissal limit only start running from a later date to allow
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to inform of pension rights. The employer has no duty to act what would normally be called in good faith, but must not act in bad faith or insufficiently in good faith such that it breaks the mutual bond of trust. The obligation is usually not to do anything bad as opposed to doing something good.
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A wrongful dismissal can be actual or constructive, but a constructive dismissal is almost certain to be a wrongful one, since the correct notice will not have been given if the dismissal was caused by a resignation, itself caused by the employer's serious breach of contract. An employee who was
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Sometimes an employer can restore such covenants in a compromise agreement by paying a nominal sum of, say, ÂŁ500 for them. The employer cannot circumvent the risk of a summary dismissal turning out to have been unlawful by giving notice, as that would imply the employee's breach of contract was
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If an employer dismisses an employee without legally required notice then the employee is usually not bound by restrictive covenants (increasingly though courts treat pay in lieu of notice as curing lack of notice). This means the employer of a senior employee privy to company secrets should be
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The last example, trust and confidence, is commonly known as "gross misconduct", but employment law only distinguishes between misconduct that justifies dismissal and misconduct that does not. Conduct entitling the employer to terminate the contract is conduct indicating the employee no longer
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perhaps more loss of earnings and ignoring the breach of contract limit by using the court instead of tribunal to deal with wrongful dismissal. The burden of proving double recovery is on the employer and tribunal awards for unfair dismissal can be vague as to what and when they are for.
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If the employee had two year's service he could claim unfair dismissal if there was something wrong with the decision to dismiss as opposed to the length of notice. If the wrongfulness was the lack of grounds then is it pretty certain to also be an unfair dismissal.
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For the notice period the employer must pay wages (including any anticipated pay rise) and benefits except holiday; for wrongful dismissal, it is only possible to claim for lost earnings and damage to reputation, not for the manner of dismissal.
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considers himself bound by it and so is technically accepting the termination caused by the employee. Gross misconduct is really just a vague list of offences that could most easily justify summary dismissal for a first offence.
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is usually associated with lack of notice sometimes it can also be caused by arbitrary dismissal where no notice was required but certain grounds were specified in the contract as being the only ones available but none existed.
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not available to keep a job going, even in a redundancy situation where the selection process has been circumvented. Action for wrongful dismissal can be brought within 6 years following the breach of an employment contract.
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all sorts of breaches of contract, to try to use up the ÂŁ25,000 breach of contract allowance in a tribunal, and if he takes the employer to court instead there is no limit and it could end with significantly high costs.
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careful not to unjustifiably summarily dismiss him, or put him on garden leave or pay him in lieu of notice without a contractual provision allowing it, or even miscalculate his notice period making it a day short.
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because we dismissed him before pay day". The employer is under a duty to act in good faith, not to exercise discretion spitefully or in bad faith and not to act perversely, irrationally or capriciously.
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refers exclusively to dismissal contrary to the contract of employment, which effectively means premature termination, either due to insufficient notice or lack of grounds. Although
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A wrongful dismissal can be a fair or unfair dismissal, just as an unfair dismissal may or may not be a wrongful dismissal in terms of whether the correct notice was given.
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if the employee conducts himself so as to undermine the trust and confidence such that the employer should no longer be required to retain the employee in his employment.
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loss of earnings caused by stigma of association with a corrupt employer affecting many employees (as opposed to an incident of dishonesty),
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the employer discovers that the employee was in such serious breach, that he could have been summarily dismissed,
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If an employer wants an exiting employee out of the way and does not have the contractual right to put him on
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redundancy pay lost due to being terminated just before they would have qualified for two years' service, and
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the contract allowed dismissal without disciplinary procedure, as long as notice was given or paid in lieu.
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replacement earnings or what the employee should have earned had he bothered to try (failure to mitigate),
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Dismissal for a reason contrary to statute or contrary to a statutory procedure is described as "
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loss of earnings for the time it would have taken to follow the correct disciplinary procedure,
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income protection benefit and personal use of company car (usually running cost or hire car).
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loss of earnings and psychiatrist fees for psychiatric injury caused by wrongful dismissal,
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social security actually received or which could have been had he bothered to apply and
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Barros D'sa v University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust EWCA Civ 983
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and constructive dismissal is usually a wrongful dismissal due to lack of notice.
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The employee could allege extra breaches of contract and losses including:
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compensation already awarded for unfair dismissal under the same heading.
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An employer is only entitled to dismiss an employee without notice:
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M De Luca v Longbridge International plc 2002 LTL 2 September 2002
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Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co Ltd v Ansell (1888) 39 ChD 339
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Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd v Imperial Tobacco Ltd ICR 524
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Malik v Bank of Credit & Commerce International SA ICR 606
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Wrongful dismissal does not terminate the contract - it is a
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Scally v Southern Health and Social Services Board ICR 771
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loss of earnings for unpaid sick leave caused by bullying,
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The deductions that can be made from compensation are:
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List of countries by rate of fatal workplace accidents
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Clark v Fahrenheit 451 (Communications) Ltd EAT/591/99
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Share options will often be excluded by small print.
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may be usually considered a benefit to the employee.
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O'Laoire v Jackel International Ltd (No 2) ICR 718
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Brand v Compro Computer Services Ltd IDS Brief 754
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2796: 2793: 2791: 2788: 2787: 2785: 2770: 2767: 2765: 2762: 2760: 2757: 2755: 2752: 2750: 2747: 2745: 2742: 2740: 2737: 2735: 2732: 2731: 2722: 2721: 2718: 2712: 2709: 2707: 2704: 2702: 2699: 2697: 2694: 2692: 2689: 2687: 2684: 2682: 2679: 2677: 2674: 2672: 2669: 2667: 2666:Make-work job 2664: 2662: 2659: 2657: 2654: 2652: 2649: 2647: 2644: 2642: 2639: 2637: 2634: 2632: 2629: 2627: 2624: 2623: 2621: 2617: 2613: 2612: 2606: 2603: 2601: 2598: 2596: 2593: 2591: 2588: 2586: 2585:Right to work 2583: 2581: 2578: 2576: 2573: 2571: 2570:Job guarantee 2568: 2566: 2563: 2561: 2558: 2556: 2555:Make-work job 2553: 2551: 2548: 2546: 2543: 2542: 2540: 2536: 2530: 2527: 2525: 2522: 2518: 2515: 2513: 2510: 2509: 2508: 2505: 2503: 2500: 2498: 2495: 2493: 2490: 2488: 2485: 2483: 2480: 2478: 2475: 2473: 2470: 2466: 2463: 2461: 2458: 2456: 2453: 2451: 2448: 2447: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2438: 2436: 2433: 2431: 2428: 2426: 2423: 2421: 2418: 2416: 2413: 2409: 2406: 2404: 2401: 2400: 2399: 2396: 2394: 2391: 2389: 2386: 2385: 2383: 2381: 2377: 2371: 2368: 2364: 2361: 2359: 2356: 2355: 2354: 2351: 2347: 2344: 2342: 2339: 2337: 2334: 2333: 2332: 2329: 2327: 2326:Restructuring 2324: 2320: 2317: 2316: 2315: 2312: 2310: 2307: 2305: 2304:Notice period 2302: 2300: 2297: 2295: 2292: 2290: 2287: 2283: 2280: 2278: 2275: 2273: 2270: 2269: 2268: 2265: 2263: 2260: 2259: 2257: 2255: 2251: 2245: 2242: 2238: 2235: 2233: 2230: 2229: 2228: 2225: 2223: 2220: 2216: 2213: 2211: 2210:Unfree labour 2208: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2198: 2196: 2193: 2191: 2188: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2180:Bonded labour 2178: 2177: 2176: 2173: 2171: 2168: 2166: 2163: 2161: 2158: 2156: 2153: 2151: 2148: 2146: 2143: 2141: 2138: 2136: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2126: 2123: 2122: 2120: 2116: 2110: 2107: 2105: 2102: 2100: 2097: 2095: 2094:Whistleblower 2092: 2090: 2087: 2085: 2082: 2080: 2077: 2075: 2072: 2070: 2067: 2065: 2062: 2060: 2057: 2055: 2052: 2050: 2047: 2045: 2042: 2038: 2035: 2033: 2030: 2028: 2027:Control fraud 2025: 2023: 2020: 2019: 2018: 2015: 2014: 2012: 2008: 2002: 2001:Glass ceiling 1999: 1997: 1994: 1992: 1989: 1987: 1984: 1983: 1981: 1979: 1975: 1969: 1966: 1964: 1961: 1959: 1956: 1954: 1951: 1949: 1946: 1942: 1939: 1938: 1937: 1936:Work accident 1934: 1932: 1929: 1925: 1924:United States 1922: 1921: 1920: 1917: 1915: 1912: 1910: 1907: 1905: 1902: 1900: 1897: 1895: 1892: 1890: 1887: 1885: 1882: 1880: 1877: 1875: 1872: 1870: 1867: 1865: 1862: 1860: 1857: 1855: 1852: 1850: 1847: 1846: 1844: 1842: 1838: 1832: 1829: 1825: 1824:United States 1822: 1821: 1820: 1817: 1815: 1812: 1810: 1807: 1805: 1802: 1800: 1797: 1795: 1792: 1790: 1787: 1785: 1782: 1780: 1779:Casual Friday 1777: 1775: 1772: 1771: 1769: 1767: 1763: 1757: 1754: 1752: 1749: 1747: 1744: 1742: 1739: 1737: 1736:Paid time off 1734: 1732: 1731:Overtime rate 1729: 1725: 1722: 1721: 1720: 1717: 1713: 1712:United States 1710: 1708: 1705: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1695: 1694: 1693: 1690: 1686: 1683: 1681: 1678: 1677: 1676: 1673: 1671: 1668: 1666: 1663: 1661: 1658: 1656: 1653: 1652: 1650: 1648: 1644: 1640: 1634: 1631: 1629: 1626: 1624: 1621: 1619: 1616: 1614: 1611: 1609: 1606: 1604: 1601: 1599: 1596: 1594: 1591: 1589: 1586: 1584: 1583:Four-day week 1581: 1579: 1576: 1575: 1573: 1571: 1567: 1561: 1558: 1556: 1553: 1551: 1548: 1546: 1543: 1541: 1538: 1536: 1533: 1531: 1528: 1526: 1523: 1521: 1518: 1516: 1513: 1511: 1508: 1507: 1505: 1501: 1495: 1492: 1490: 1487: 1483: 1480: 1478: 1475: 1474: 1473: 1470: 1468: 1467:Practice firm 1465: 1463: 1460: 1458: 1455: 1451: 1448: 1446: 1443: 1441: 1438: 1436: 1433: 1431: 1428: 1426: 1423: 1421: 1418: 1416: 1413: 1411: 1408: 1406: 1403: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1393: 1391: 1388: 1386: 1383: 1381: 1378: 1376: 1373: 1371: 1368: 1366: 1365:Employability 1363: 1361: 1358: 1356: 1353: 1352: 1351: 1348: 1346: 1343: 1341: 1338: 1336: 1333: 1331: 1328: 1326: 1323: 1321: 1318: 1314: 1311: 1310: 1309: 1306: 1304: 1301: 1300: 1298: 1296: 1292: 1288: 1282: 1279: 1277: 1274: 1272: 1269: 1267: 1266:Orange-collar 1264: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1254: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1244: 1242: 1239: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1229: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1218: 1216: 1214: 1213:Working class 1210: 1204: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1194: 1191: 1189: 1186: 1184: 1181: 1179: 1176: 1174: 1171: 1169: 1166: 1164: 1161: 1160: 1158: 1154: 1148: 1145: 1143: 1140: 1138: 1135: 1133: 1130: 1128: 1125: 1123: 1120: 1118: 1115: 1113: 1110: 1108: 1105: 1103: 1100: 1098: 1095: 1093: 1090: 1088: 1087:Job interview 1085: 1083: 1080: 1078: 1075: 1073: 1070: 1068: 1065: 1061: 1058: 1057: 1056: 1053: 1051: 1048: 1046: 1043: 1041: 1038: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1021: 1018: 1016: 1013: 1012: 1010: 1008: 1004: 998: 995: 993: 990: 988: 985: 983: 980: 978: 975: 971: 968: 966: 963: 961: 958: 957: 956: 953: 951: 948: 946: 943: 941: 940:Part-time job 938: 936: 933: 931: 928: 926: 925:Full-time job 923: 921: 918: 916: 913: 911: 908: 907: 905: 901: 897: 890: 885: 883: 878: 876: 871: 870: 867: 856: 847: 838: 829: 820: 811: 802: 793: 784: 775: 766: 757: 748: 739: 730: 721: 712: 703: 694: 685: 676: 667: 658: 649: 640: 631: 622: 613: 604: 595: 586: 577: 568: 564: 555: 552: 550: 547: 546: 540: 531: 527: 523: 519: 506: 503: 502: 501: 490: 487: 484: 481: 478: 475: 472: 471: 470: 462: 453: 439: 427: 424: 421: 420: 419: 411: 402: 396: 393: 390: 387: 384: 381: 380: 379: 371: 357: 348: 346: 341: 335:Right to work 332: 326:Notice period 323: 319: 310: 308: 304: 299: 292: 289: 286: 285: 284: 281: 279: 263: 259: 258:UK labour law 253: 249: 246: 245: 239: 234: 233: 227: 223: 220: 219: 213: 209: 206: 205: 199: 195: 192: 191: 185: 181: 180:EWCA Civ 1287 178: 177: 171: 167: 164: 163: 155: 150: 149: 143: 139: 136: 135: 129: 125: 122: 121: 115: 110: 109: 103: 99: 96: 95: 89: 84: 83: 77: 72: 67: 58: 53: 51: 46: 44: 39: 38: 35: 31: 28: 24: 19: 2701:Toxic leader 2681:Presenteeism 2661:Labor rights 2651:Going postal 2626:Bullshit job 2609: 2594: 2589: 2380:Unemployment 2232:Downshifting 2215:Wage slavery 2195:Penal labour 2150:Dead-end job 2140:Conscription 1919:Right to sit 1774:Annual leave 1756:Working poor 1692:Minimum wage 1670:Maximum wage 1628:Working time 1618:Six-hour day 1520:Career break 1482:Professional 1276:Black-collar 1246:White-collar 1226:Green-collar 1203:Volunteering 1040:Drug testing 1030:Cover letter 970:Tradesperson 855: 846: 837: 828: 819: 810: 801: 792: 783: 774: 765: 756: 747: 738: 729: 720: 711: 702: 693: 684: 675: 666: 657: 648: 639: 630: 621: 612: 603: 594: 585: 576: 567: 537: 528: 524: 521: 499: 468: 459: 450: 436: 417: 408: 400: 377: 368: 360:Compensation 354: 345:garden leave 342: 338: 329: 320: 316: 300: 296: 282: 275: 242: 230: 216: 202: 188: 174: 158: 146: 132: 118: 106: 92: 80: 22: 20: 18: 2590:Historical: 2314:Resignation 2254:Termination 2237:Slow living 2205:Truck wages 2190:Labour camp 2118:Willingness 2010:Infractions 1665:Living wage 1613:Remote work 1281:Gold-collar 1236:Pink-collar 1231:Grey-collar 1221:Blue-collar 1188:Labour hire 1163:Cooperative 1127:Recruitment 1082:Job hunting 1015:Application 997:Wage labour 982:Labour hire 935:Job sharing 272:Definitions 124:EWCA Civ 28 2784:Categories 2524:Wage curve 2331:Retirement 2244:Workaholic 2222:Work ethic 2089:Wage theft 2074:Labour law 2069:Evaluation 2054:Dress code 1819:Sick leave 1784:Child care 1746:Salary cap 1660:Income tax 1623:Shift work 1560:Time clock 1555:Sick leave 1550:Sabbatical 1515:Break room 1503:Attendance 1472:Profession 1457:Mentorship 1435:Retraining 1360:E-learning 1256:New-collar 1251:Red-collar 1198:Supervisor 1178:Internship 1097:Onboarding 965:Technician 960:Journeyman 930:Gig worker 896:Employment 560:References 433:Mitigation 414:Deductions 2711:Workhouse 2631:Busy work 2445:Recession 2309:Pink slip 2267:Dismissal 2130:Careerism 1724:Singapore 1702:Hong Kong 1570:Schedules 1489:Tradesman 1390:Licensure 1350:Education 1320:Avocation 1261:No-collar 1241:Precariat 1122:Probation 1077:Job fraud 391:overtime, 151:1 WLR 594 2619:See also 2545:Workfare 2370:Turnover 1766:Benefits 1647:salaries 1608:Overtime 1598:Flextime 1530:Gap year 1525:Furlough 1494:Vocation 1477:Operator 1340:Coaching 1295:training 1173:Employer 1168:Employee 1072:Job fair 950:Side job 543:See also 496:Defences 456:Examples 382:pension, 374:Benefits 351:Remedies 2595:U.S.A.: 2200:Peonage 2175:Slavery 2125:Boreout 1864:Karoshi 1814:Pension 1603:On-call 1308:Artisan 992:Laborer 405:Bonuses 248:UKSC 58 222:UKHL 13 208:UKHL 35 194:UKPC 38 166:UKHL 28 138:UKSC 63 111:ICR 755 98:UKHL 13 85:ICR 428 2299:Layoff 1849:Crunch 1707:Europe 1697:Canada 1685:Europe 1291:Career 1132:Résumé 1007:Hiring 915:Casual 465:Losses 388:bonus, 365:Losses 235:Ch 305 2160:McJob 1680:World 1643:Wages 1510:Break 1156:Roles 442:Risks 1645:and 1293:and 1060:list 260:and 256:see 73:s 86 1183:Job 2786:: 888:e 881:t 874:v 56:e 49:t 42:v

Index

wrongful dismissal
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Employment Rights Act 1996
Wilson v Racher
Johnson v Unisys Ltd
UKHL 13
Gunton v Richmond upon Thames LBC
Boyo v London Borough of Lambeth
EWCA Civ 28
Société Générale, London Branch v Geys
UKSC 63
McClelland v NI General Health Services
Taylor v Secretary of State for Scotland
UKHL 28
Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald Int
EWCA Civ 1287
Reda v Flag Ltd
UKPC 38
Eastwood v Magnox Electric plc
UKHL 35
Barber v Somerset CC
UKHL 13
Hill v CA Parsons & Co Ltd
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital
UKSC 58
UK labour law
wrongful dismissal
repudiatory breach

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