Capability or qualifications dismissals

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Unfair dismissal

  Enhanced to include information on non-criminal conduct outside the workplace.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for conducting performance dismissal appeal hearing

  A model checklist to set out the process for conducting a performance dismissal appeal hearing.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for having initial settlement discussion during performance improvement procedure

  A model checklist to use when holding an initial settlement discussion with an employee who is subject to a performance improvement procedure, or has reached the stage when a performance improvement procedure is about to be invoked.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming terms of settlement offer following settlement discussions related to performance

  A model letter to confirm the terms of a settlement offer following settlement discussions related to performance.

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage employees on long-term sickness absence

  Updated to include additional information on the risks of dismissing employees who are entitled to receive payments under a permanent health insurance scheme.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming outcome of stage 3 short-term sickness absence meeting

  A model letter informing an employee of the outcome of a stage 3 short-term sickness absence formal review meeting.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming outcome of stage 3 long-term sickness absence meeting

  A model letter informing an employee of the outcome of a stage 3 long-term sickness absence formal review meeting.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter dismissing employee who refuses redeployment following sickness absence management procedure

  A model letter dismissing an employee who has refused redeployment following a formal sickness absence management procedure.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to attend long-term sickness absence dismissal appeal hearing

  A model letter to invite an employee to an appeal hearing where the employee has appealed their dismissal under the long-term sickness absence management procedure.

• Date:

  21 March 2017

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Long-term sickness absence: dismissal was disproportionate and unreasonable

  The Court of Appeal has held that an employer's decision to disregard new medical evidence and dismiss an employee on long-term sickness absence amounted to discrimination arising from disability and unfair dismissal.