Employment Notes
Tag: summary dismissal
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Hong Kong: When can an employer dismiss summarily?
Employers have a range of options at their disposal for dealing with disciplinary matters, from informal verbal warnings through to summary dismissal …
UK: Termination - employers can rely on historic repudiatory breach to dismiss summarily on discovery of the breach
Employers may be able to dismiss summarily and defeat a wrongful dismissal claim if they discover a repudiatory breach by the employee, even where the …
UK: Contracts - need for clear drafting on summary dismissal and flexi-hours
Two recent cases have highlighted the importance of clear drafting in employment contracts. In Robert Bates Wrekin Landscapes v Knight the contract …
Hong Kong: The law relating to termination of employment contracts
Subject to certain exceptions, employers and employees in Hong Kong may terminate their employment relationship by providing the other with requisite …
Hong Kong: Employers must be well primed before saying 'you're fired'
Given the absence in Hong Kong of an unfair dismissal regime similar to that which exists, for example, in the UK and Australia, the termination of an …
UK: Termination - effective from date resignation letter received at employer
Where an employee sends a letter resigning with immediate effect, the effective date of termination (for calculating tribunal claims limits and …