Contravention of statutory duty/restriction dismissals

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with an employee who no longer has the right to work in the UK

  Updated to reflect that the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, bringing an end to the right to free movement between the UK and EEA.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Unfair dismissal

  Updated to reflect the Government’s announcement that it has "no plans" to introduce emergency volunteering leave.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting an employee disqualified from driving to a meeting to discuss the options available to them

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  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 them.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter dismissing an employee following a disqualification from driving meeting

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting an employee dismissed because of their disqualification from driving to attend a dismissal appeal hearing

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing an employee dismissed because of their disqualification from driving of the outcome of the dismissal appeal hearing

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

• Date:

  22 November 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  Unfair dismissal: Failure to provide right to work evidence did not make employment illegal

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has remitted to an employment tribunal the issue of whether or not a Jamaican national with the "right of abode" was fairly dismissed after he did not provide the required documentation during his employer's audit of its workforce's right to work in the UK.

• Date:

  11 November 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  Dismissal of employee with no evidence of right to work in UK was fair

  An employment tribunal has held that the employer fairly dismissed an employee who failed to produce evidence of his right to work in the UK.