Talk:Unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom

Other common law countries[edit]

Does anyone have expertise in Northern Irish employment law, or in the employment law of other common law countries which have a similar concept of unfair dismissal please? A short comparative cross-reference would strengthen this article. Labour Lawyer (talk) 20:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Two separate legal issues[edit]

Regarding the proposal to merge this article with wrongful dismissal, I am concerned that to have one article dealing with two entirely separate legal issues would require very extensive disambiguation. Unfair dismissal is a statutory tort specific to the UK whereas wrongful dismissal is a common law action for breach of contract. The two can sometimes arise at the same time but a dismissal can be either wrongful or unfair without being both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Labour Lawyer (talk • contribs) 20:54, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Globalisation tag[edit]

Does "unfair dismissal" in the specific sense described in this article apply anywhere outside Britain? If so, then the globalise tag is correct and either those other countries should be dealt with or this article should be renamed something lime Unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom, with the basic "Unfair dismissal" article being a multinational overview. If, however, it is a concept unique to Britain, the globalise tag is inappropriate and should be removed. 86.154.8.126 (talk) 15:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The references 67 Neb. L. Rev. 28 (1988) Job Security in the United States: Some Reflections on Unfair Dismissal and Plant Closure Legislation from a Comparative Perspective; Gould, William B. IV, Reinstatement as a Remedy for Unfair Dismissal in Common Market Countries, Herbert L. Sherman, Jr., The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Summer, 1981), pp. 467-511 and Australian Bulletin of Labour, Volume 31 Issue 3 (2005), The Case for Unfair Dismissal Reform: A Review of the Evidence, Robbins, W1; Voll, G2 suggest that the concept is known in the USA, Europe and Australia respectively. Groomtech (talk) 17:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

External links section[edit]

User:Wikidea seems to think that the wording "ACAS a quasi non-governmental organisation is empowered to promulgate a code of practice on discipline and grievances. As part of their statutory role they also provide advice and conciliation services, and can be contacted by telephone on 0845 747 4747 or on their website at www.acas.gov.uk" is appropriate for the External links section. I disagree per WP:EL and WP:NOTYELLOW. Groomtech (talk) 21:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per Third Opinion request: such a formulation is advertising, and is not acceptable. Figureofnine (talk) 23:11, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Groomtech and Figureofnine are correct. – Athaenara ✉ 04:08, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both. Groomtech (talk) 06:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other countries[edit]

If anyone is able, it would be good to include information about equivalents (or, if it is the case, the lack of them) to unfair dismissal in other countries.--FormerIP (talk) 00:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Changes[edit]

User:DarylJohnPeagram has done very well in writing all this. I'm making it better. Can I ask which book was used to write it? Most of the leading cases are missing! Wik idea 14:26, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfair dismissal no longer a redirect[edit]

User:Maide1987 wrote a stub on the situation in Namibia. I have therefore expanded the redirect Unfair dismissal into a short overview. It would be great if someone could summarise the highlights of this article there. Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 08:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]