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Unfair dismissal qualifying period may double

By Nicholas Evans | Published: April 6, 2011

Employees with a minimum of one year’s service have the right to claim unfair dismissal. Once an employee has passed the one year milestone, the employer has to show that reason for a dismissal is fair and has to follow a fair procedure. The government is considering a change to the qualifying period for unfair [...]

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Taking Offence

By Nicholas Evans | Published: April 3, 2011

Harassment claims will fail where it is not reasonable for an employee to take offence The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an Employment Tribunal’s (ET) decision to reject a harassment claim on the basis that the claimant employee (who had himself indulged in offensive conduct) could not reasonably be said to have taken offence [...]

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