unfair dismissal
Definition
Termination of a contract of employment for unfair or inadmissible reasons. When challenged in a court, the employer must establish that the dismissal was based on a substantial reason such as gross misconduct, lack of qualification, incapability to perform assigned duties, or redundancy. In such cases, the courts usually take the employee's statutory rights into consideration.
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unfair dismissal is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and HR, Teams, & Training subjects.
unfair dismissal appears in the definitions of the following terms: constructive dismissal, wrongful dismissal, abusive dismissal and inadmissible reason
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