Written statement of reasons for dismissal

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• Type:

  Tasks

  Respond to a request for a written statement of reasons for dismissal

• Type:

  Tasks

  Provide a written statement of reasons for dismissal for an employee dismissed while pregnant or on maternity leave

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Written statement of reasons for dismissal

  The law on the right to a written statement of reasons for dismissal, including the remedy where there is a failure to provide such a statement.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter providing statement of reasons for employee's dismissal

  A model letter to an employee giving a statement of reasons for dismissal when a dismissed employee makes a request to be given a written statement of the reasons for their dismissal.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employer have to give a written statement of reasons for dismissal?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employer delays giving an employee a written statement of reasons for dismissal can this lead to a tribunal claim?

• Date:

  9 May 1990

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Written reasons for dismissal: Employee must request written reasons

  In Catherine Haigh Harlequin Hair Design v Seed the EAT holds that in order for an employee to be able to complain that the written reasons for dismissal given to her by her employer were "inadequate or untrue", those reasons must have been furnished in response to a specific request from the employee in question.