An employee who overheard her manager saying to a colleague that her dismissal was “a work in progress” has won her constructive dismissal claim. Why are comments like this dangerous?
Published 02.07.2018
Following a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal, it’s been suggested that employers should never write to employees who are off sick as this can entitle them to resign and claim constructive
dismissal. Is this really true?
Published 10.05.2016
An employee who resigned and successfully claimed constructive dismissal after she was told to do housekeeping duties instead of her usual job has been awarded £28,000 by the tribunal. Why did the
employee have a legal right to resign?
Published 20.09.2023
An employee who resigned because her employer wrote to her GP has been awarded over £11,600 by the tribunal. What must be obtained before any contact is made with an employee’s GP?
Published 14.04.2021
If an employer commits a serious breach of contract, the employee can resign and claim constructive dismissal. However, in order to succeed at the tribunal, must that breach be the root cause of the
employee’s resignation?
Published 19.11.2013
An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee an eye-watering £346,000 after it gave her a highly dangerous ultimatum. What did it do wrong and how should it have approached the matter?
Published 15.03.2017
Acas has been ordered to pay a former employee nearly £25,000 after a series of blunders led to her resigning and claiming constructive dismissal. What did the organisation that’s tasked with helping
employers fail to do?
Published 04.05.2023
You know that if an employee’s “forced” to resign due to their employer’s behaviour/conduct, they can bring a constructive dismissal claim. But what if the “boss” isn’t really the employer?
Published 29.11.2007
An employee has won her claim for constructive dismissal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal after she was issued with a formal improvement notice by her employer. What did they do wrong?
Published 24.05.2019
When men and women work together, affairs can follow. But as one employer found out, making negative comments about it is a no-no. Why should he have treated it as a private matter? And how could he
have protected himself?
Published 01.12.2009