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Termination of Employment: overview

This section deals with constructive dismissal, redundancy, unfair and wrongful dismissal and an employer's duties when an employee leaves.

Click on the headings below for more information on each subject.

This section was revised and updated by the HR Services Partnership in April 2010.

Further information on termination of employment

Resignation

Overview of legal issues with regard to resignations

Employer's duties when an employee leaves

Procedures to follow when an employee leaves the organisation.

Providing references

Information for employers when providing references.

Dismissal: overview

The grounds for lawful dismissal.

Rights upon dismissal

List of employee’s rights upon being dismissed from their job

Constructive dismissal

How and when an employee can apply for constructive dismissal.

Unfair dismissal

Overview of issues including procedural fairness, automatically unfair reasons to dismiss and tribunal awards.

Wrongful dismissal

What wrongful dismissal is, and a few of the most common reasons a dismissal is deemed to be wrongful.

Redundancy checklist for employers

Basic list of things to remember when faced with making staff redundant.

Redundancy: overview

An overview of when and how an employee can legally be made redundant.

Redundancy consultation

How to organise individual or collective consultations, and what to do with the outcome.

Redundancy payments

Overview of legal exceptions to redundancy payments, and how to estimate payments.

Redundancy rights

Overview of an employee’s rights when made redundant.

Retirement

Outline of fair procedures, good practice and guidance with regard to retirement.

Unfair dismissal rights - under a year's service

An overview of employee rights if they claim unfair dismissal without having 1 year's continuous service.

Termination of Employment: overview

This section deals with constructive dismissal, redundancy, unfair and wrongful dismissal and an employer's duties when an employee leaves.

Terms and conditions of employment - overview

A contract may be set out in a formal contract of employment, or its terms may be verbally agreed and later set out in the letter of offer. "Contract" can mean a particular written document(s), or it can mean a written document as well as implied terms and conditions.

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