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Dismissal: Threat of termination was constructive dismissal

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    Greenaway Harrison Ltd v Wiles [1994] IRLR 380 EAT (0 other reports)

An employee who resigned when her employer threatened to terminate her contract with due notice if she refused to agree to a change in her shift pattern was constructively dismissed, rules the EAT in Greenaway Harrison Ltd v Wiles.

Under her contract of employment as a telephonist for Greenaway Harrison Ltd, Mrs Wiles's hours of work were 8 am to 4 pm and 10 am to 6 pm in alternate weeks.