Do you have to reconsider a decision to dismiss an employee if you later find out she is pregnant? 

A woman who was paid 33 pence per hour as a domestic worker and was unaware of her right to the national minimum wage has been successful in her claim for constructive unfair dismissal under the Employment Rights Act 1996. 

As an employer you may require your employees to work longer hours from time to time to meet business needs.

“Bumping” is the process of moving an employee whose role is at risk of redundancy into another role, and dismissing the occupier of that role. 

The Supreme Court has decided that a head teacher, Ms Reilly was fairly dismissed for gross misconduct, for failing to disclose to her school’s governing authority the fact that she had a close relationship with a sex offender.