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Click to show the answer What notice period should be given in a contract?

Click to show the answer What notice must be given when an employer terminates a contract of employment?

Click to show the answer Is the statutory minimum notice to be provided by employees the same as that to be provided by employers?

Click to show the answer Can a contractual notice provision override the statutory minimum notice period?

Click to show the answer Where an employee has been given notice of redundancy, if he or she seeks to leave before the end of the notice period to take up a new job will this affect his or her statutory redundancy payment?

Click to show the answer Can an employer set a shorter notice period for its fixed-term employees than for its permanent employees?

Click to show the answer Are there any circumstances in which an employer can dismiss an employee without giving notice?

Click to show the answer If an employee receives a payment in lieu of notice, will his or her annual leave entitlement accrue up to the termination date, or the end of the notice period?

Click to show the answer In cases of summary dismissal, how does an employer legally define a serious breach of contract?

Click to show the answer Can the courts force an employer to retract a dismissal without notice if an employee has not committed a serious breach of contract?

Click to show the answer May an employer dismiss an employee without notice if it pays him or her for the duration of the notice period?

Click to show the answer Does an employer have any legal rights if an employee resigns without giving adequate notice?

Click to show the answer Where an employee resigns but does not work the required notice period, is the employer under any obligation to pay him or her for this period?

Click to show the answer What options are open to the employer where an employee resigns but indicates that he or she will not work the full notice period?

Click to show the answer If an employer failed to follow its procedures for employees on probation would a dismissed probationer have any redress?

Click to show the answer Is it safe to dismiss an employee with less than a year's service without following a proper disciplinary procedure?

Click to show the answer What is the difference between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal?

Click to show the answer Would an employer be at risk if it terminated the contract of an employee on long-term sickness absence before the employee's entitlement to contractual sick pay had been exhausted?

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