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Dismissal

Dismissal

Practical Law UK Glossary 3-200-3180 (Approx. 3 pages)

Glossary

Dismissal

For the purposes of the law on unfair dismissal, section 95 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provides that an employee is dismissed if:

The employer terminates the employee's contract of employment, either summarily or with notice.
The employee resigns (with or without notice) and can establish that they were constructively dismissed.
The employer does not renew a fixed-term contract on the expiry of the fixed term.

For more information, see Practice note, Unfair dismissal: overview: What is a dismissal?.