Unfair dismissal law in UK: a question of balance
- 2001
- p.1-9
- Apr
In assessing the proposition that the law succeeds in balancing the needs of both employer and those of the employee, this paper shall focus on assessing the balance between the employer's needs of flexibility and adaptability and the employee's need of security against unfair dismissal. It will examine the scope/provisions of the law, their legal interpretations by the industrial/employment tribunals (ITs) and the courts and finally the remedies. The line of argument adopted is that, the law as it stands and the way it is interpreted, far from balancing the needs, actually endorses and justifies the employer's prerogative of `fire at will'. This paper examines whether the unfair dismissal law, as it stands today in UK, balances the needs of the employees and those of the employers. - Reproduced