Employment Law Advice for Employees: Understanding the Rights and Provisions Regarding Dismissal

Employment Law
Advice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The relationship between employers and employees is regulated through Employment
law. It basically protects the rights of employees and interests of employers. The rights of the
workers or employees is protected in order to maintain fairness in the organisation. The
Employment Rights Act 1996 is an act which protects the rights of employees regarding various
things such as protection of wages, redundancy payments, flexible working, employment
termination, suspension from work, unfair and wrongful dismissal. There are mainly three basic
rights of the employees which includes their working hours, timely payments and
indiscrimination regarding caste, colour, creed, gender, religion, origin and sexual orientation1.
The areas that are covered through the contracts of employment are sick leaves, health and
safety, anti-discrimination, data protection, holidays and working hours. This report will cover
the rights of employees at workplace and provisions regarding dismissal in the organisation,
which particularly includes wrongful dismissal.
TASK
The employees or workers in an organisation are protected under the Employment Rights
Act, 1996. In United Kingdom, the employees of an organisation are protected under the
Employment law which safeguards the right and duties of employees. The employees are
basically protected under situations like paternity leave, maternity leave, redundancy and
dismissal. The contract of employment bounds an employee to work in an organisation according
to the requirements and obligations of the organisation. A contract basically compels an
employee to work in the organisation according to the needs and requirements of the
organisation with specification of its working hours, payments and policies of the company2.
These policies may include the policy regarding the termination and dismissal of employees or
when an employee is terminated or dismissed from the company.
Under the following situation where Simona has been dismissed from the company, she
is advised to consider the Employment Rights Act, 1996 under the Employment law. There is a
1 Bond A, '2016/10 Associative Victimisation Claim Allowed To Proceed (UK)' (2016) 1
European Employment Law Cases
2 Clarke L, 'Repudiation Of Contract And Breach Of Confidence: General Billposting
V Atkinson Revisited' (2003) 32 Industrial Law Journal