Dismissal

New and updated

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to include information on Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd, in which the Court of Appeal held that the employer was vicariously liable for a managing director's assault of an employee during a drinking session after the work Christmas party.

• Forms of termination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust v Levy, in which the EAT held that a letter of notice was not a resignation due to ambiguous wording.

• Driving disqualifications: New model letters on redeployment or dismissal

  Date:

  20 September 2018

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  XpertHR's Policies and documents tool has been enhanced with the addition of six new model letters covering the redeployment or dismissal of an employee who is disqualified from driving where this forms a part of his or her job duties.

• Notice to department did not constitute resignation from employer

  Date:

  19 September 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust v Levy, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee's letter of notice to her department did not amount to a resignation from the respondent's employment because the wording used was ambiguous.

• Letter inviting an employee disqualified from driving to a meeting to discuss the options available to him or her

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to invite an employee disqualified from driving to a meeting to discuss the options available to him or her.

• Letter offering redeployment to an employee following a disqualification from driving meeting

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to offer redeployment to an employee who has been disqualified from driving following a meeting at which you have discussed this with him or her.

• Letter dismissing an employee who has refused to be redeployed following a disqualification from driving meeting

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to dismiss an employee who has been offered redeployment following his or her disqualification from driving, but who refuses that offer.

• Letter dismissing an employee following a disqualification from driving meeting

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to confirm an employee's dismissal following a meeting to discuss his or her disqualification from driving.

• Letter inviting an employee dismissed because of his or her disqualification from driving to attend a dismissal appeal hearing

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to invite an employee to an appeal hearing to consider his or her appeal against a decision to dismiss following his or her disqualification from driving.

• Letter informing an employee dismissed because of his or her disqualification from driving of the outcome of the dismissal appeal hearing

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of his or her appeal against dismissal following his or her disqualification from driving.