Glossary

UK HR & Employment Law Glossary

A plain-English HR and employment law glossary for UK employers.

Plain-English definitions for the terms UK employers need to know, written and reviewed by qualified advisors.

Constructive Dismissal

When an employee resigns in response to a fundamental breach of contract by their employer, treating the resignation as a dismissal.

Conduct so serious it justifies summary dismissal without notice or pay in lieu of notice.

A payment made to an employee instead of requiring them to work their notice period.

A statutory definition: dismissal because the employer needs fewer employees to do work of a particular kind, or has closed a workplace.

A legally binding contract in which an employee agrees to waive employment claims, usually in exchange for a payment.

The automatic transfer of employees and their terms and conditions when a business or service provision moves from one employer to another.

A dismissal that is not for one of the five statutory fair reasons, or that follows an unfair process.

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