breach of contract claims excluded from dismissal
23rd January 2012
The right to claim unfair dismissal provides important protection to employees. However, the amount of compensation that can be awarded is limited as was highlighted in a recent case before the Supreme Court. In a key decision, it held that an employee could not claim compensation for losses flowing from a breach of contract where the breach was related to the dismissal process. That would have given employees a choice of claims for unfair dismissal that could have bypassed the limits set on unfair dismissal compensation.
