This week’s topics
Wrongful dismissal
- Breach of contract
- Statutory and contractual notice periods
- Damages and remedies
- Distinction between wrongful and unfair dismissal
- Unfair v Wrongful Dismissal
- Notice | Bitesized UK Employment Law Videos by Matt Gingell
- Contractual Remedies | Contract Law
What you will be able to do
- 4.4 Explain action that can be taken when an employee has been wrongfully dismissed.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain action that can be taken when an employee has been wrongfully dismissed.
Study materials
Videos
- Unfair v Wrongful Dismissal · YouTube · Daniel Barnett, Barrister · 13 min · for registered students
- Notice | Bitesized UK Employment Law Videos by Matt Gingell · YouTube · Matt Gingell - Bitesized UK Employment Law · 4 min · for registered students
- Contractual Remedies | Contract Law · YouTube · The Law Academy · 10 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Dismissal: your rights (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
- Employment Rights Act 1996 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Employment contracts (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
