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What kind of claims might be made against an employer on termination of employment? Can an employer dismiss an employee on maternity leave who wants to return to work on a part-time basis? If an employee is dismissed because of a disability, is the employer acting unlawfully? How are employees protected from dismissal because of an act of discrimination? Is it permissible for an employer to dismiss part-time workers in preference to employees on full-time contracts? Where employees are dismissed as a result of a TUPE transfer, will the dismissals be unfair? Where an employee who has exhausted all entitlement to sick pay is to be dismissed on grounds of ill health will he or she be entitled to any payment throughout his or her notice period? Can an employer dismiss an employee who has less than the service required to claim unfair dismissal without following its disciplinary procedure? Are employees on fixed-term contracts entitled to statutory notice of their dismissal?