Why you must get your dismissal issues right
Dismissing staff can be difficult. But if you neglect your wide-ranging legal duties as an employer you could be facing, and potentially losing, an extremely damaging Employment Tribunal. Employment Tribunals tie up valuable management time and money, lower morale and can tarnish your reputation. And if you lose, the financial consequences to your business can be fatal.
Protect your business from only £99 plus VAT
Our two employment law products - Smart 100 and Smart 200 - help you avoid the pitfalls of employment tribunals, and can cover your costs if things go wrong. Packages start at only £99 plus VAT for 12 months - a cost-effective business investment.
All your dismissal questions answered
As an Employment Law Extra customer, you receive detailed, trustworthy and practical advice and support on the following dismissal-related topics:
- Unfair Dismissal
- Constructive Dismissal
- Dismissal With Notice
- Dismissal Without Notice
- Compromise Agreements
170 regularly updated downloadable policies, procedures, forms and letters
Our “What the Law Says” section gives clear and concise advice on dismissals and all your other latest legal obligations as an employer. Invest in either Smart 100 or Smart 200 and you’ll also get 170 regularly updated downloadable documents including your own:
- Proposed Dismissal (Expiry of a Fixed Term Contract)
- Proposed Dismissal (Redundancy)
- Confirmation Of Dismissal (Expiry of a Fixed Term Contract)
- Confirmation Of Dismissal (Redundancy)
- Retirement Process Letters
- Statutory Redundancy Pay Form
- Redundancy Policy
- Reckoner For Statutory Redundancy Pay
Advice from reputable lawyers (in plain English)
Every one of your documents is written and prepared in plain English by a team of fully qualified, highly reputable employment lawyers. Because when it comes to employment law, you need advice you can both understand and trust.
Dismissal-related legislation affecting your business
Smart 100 and Smart 200 give you a practical, expert and working guide to what the following legislation means to your business:
- The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (as amended)
- The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
- The Employment Rights Act 1996
- The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998
- The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
- The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004
- The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
- The Employment Act 2008 and the ACAS Code of Practice 2009
Important new legal developments - are you at risk?
The Employment Act 2008 and the ACAS Code of Practice 2009 in particular have significant potential implications for how you handle dismissals. Is your business aware of what it has to do, and the potential penalties for getting it wrong?