Wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is an idiom and legal phrase, describing a situation in which an employee`s contract of employment has been terminated by the employer in circumstances where the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision in employment law....
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This is a claim which may be brought by an employee whose employer has ended their contract of employment in breach of contract (e.g. by failing to give the employee sufficient notice)
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A common-law claim based on breach of employment contract and, as such, wrongful dismissal is distinct from unfair dismissal. Where an employee is summarily dismissed in breach of his contractual entitlement to notice and other contractual entitlements he will have a claim for damages unless the dismissal was justified under the terms of his contra...
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A dismissal without notice or with inadequate notice in circumstances where proper notice should have been given. The expression also covers dismissals which are in breach of agreed procedures.
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Where an employee's contract is terminated, but the termination breaches the terms of the employee's contract. For example, where an employer has their contract terminated without a notice period or the notice period is insufficient.
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An employee's remedy when dismissed by an employer acting in breach of contract. See also Unfair dismissal.
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Dismissal in breach of a contract and can include dismissal without proper notice. Proper notice amounts to one week if one has worked between one month and two years, proper notice is one week for each year one has worked if one has worked between two and twelve years.
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In law, wrongful dismissal is the termination of an employee's contract of employment in a manner that is not in accordance with that contract. Thus when an employee is dismissed without the notice to which he is entitled (in circumstances that do not justify summary dismissal) or when the employer prematurely terminates the employee's fixed-term c...
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