Law in the Workplace

Outcome 3: explain how contracts of employment can be terminated

The candidate will be able to:

• explain the main distinction between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal
• describe the different remedies for unfair dismissal and the procedures for obtaining these ie damages, re-instatement, re-engagement
• identify specific situations where a dismissal would be automatically unfair eg pregnancy, sexual orientation
• identify the five potentially fair reasons for dismissal ie incapability or lack of qualifications, misconduct, redundancy, breach of statute, some other substantial reason eg failing to sign a new employment contract that has been agreed through collective bargaining
• identify the relevant pro formas used to commence an action and describe their content ie ET1, ET3.