What is Unfair Dismissal?
Unfair Dismissal is an employment law claim which can be brought by an employee who feels that their termination of employment was unfair. A person will be unfairly dismissed from their job if:
- The dismissal was harsh, unjust or unreasonable;
- The dismissal was not a case of a genuine redundancy; or
- If the employer is a small business and failed to follow the small business fair dismissal code.
There are over 8 other criteria which are used to help determine if the dismissal of employment was harsh, unjust or unreasonable.