constructive dismissal

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constructive dismissal

n
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a course of action taken by an employer that is detrimental to an employee and designed to leave the employee with no option but to resign
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'At the moment, the maximum risk for a constructive dismissal claim is limited to pounds 55,000, but that sum seems to be an extraordinarily high price to pay for a management tantrum.'
I'M afraid after failing to have the problem dealt with internally and at union level your only recourse is to leave the job and refer the matter to an employment tribunal on the grounds of constructive dismissal. This would appear to be the only way forward for you in the circumstances.
THE teacher at the heart of the Hendre School controversy may sue the governors for constructive dismissal.
Fianna Fail member Pat Carey said claims by a nuclear physicist, who is taking legal action against the plant's owners British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) for constructive dismissal, showed a "flexible attitude" to safety.
NEWCASTLE United have been ordered to pay former boss Kevin Keegan pounds 2m in damages after he won his case for constructive dismissal.
Mr Price claimed sexual harassment, constructive dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
Linskell said a wrongful dismissal claim from Benitez would be based on constructive dismissal.
UNDER FIRE: Sacred Heart headteacher Charles Daniels; DISMISSAL CLAIMS: From left, Pamela Alexander, former acting deputy head teacher at Sacred Heart RC primary, and former teachers Anna King and Maria Carter, who are alleging constructive dismissal against the school's governing body
The husband of a woman accusing Victim Support Teesside of constructive dismissal told how she wakes up at night crying for help.
She had previously made compensation claims against the firm for disability discrimination and constructive dismissal after alleging that the "harsh working environment" at the Smethwick depot caused her to suffer from depression.
FORMER Football Association secretary Faria Alam will today accuse her former bosses of constructive dismissal in the wake of revelations about her affairs with England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and the then chief executive Mark Palios.
The mother-of-one is claiming constructive dismissal against the college, where she had taught at for 17 years.
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