Employment Issues

  • This is where you have left your job due to your employer's unreasonable behaviour. The behaviour must be so bad that you can claim that your contract has been breached, entitling you to resign....

  • Other than tax, NI, court orders, etc. the employer needs your written agreement to any deductions from before that deduction is made. Otherwise it is likely to be an unlawful deduction.

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  • Complaints of discrimination and harassment can only be taken to the Employment Tribunals if you suspect this treatment is due to your sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, religious beliefs...

  • There are two types of equal pay disputes:

    1. Your work is the same or very similar to that done by your ‘comparator’;
    2. You do different work, but consider that the value of your...
  • It is unlawful is to downgrade or overlook you on the grounds of your sex, race, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religious beliefs or as a part time worker.

    Few employers...

  • You are protected during the period from conception to the end of statutory maternity leave - known as the protected period. There are many forms of discrimination during this...

  • Your redundancy may be unfair if:

    • The process was unfair – including selecting you personally; 
    • If redundancy was an excuse to dismiss you for some other reason; ...
  • Unfair dismissal can apply in any situation where your employment is terminated and you did not resign. This includes redundancy and cases where you feel you were set up to fail. Please see also...

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