Constructive dismissal: breach of implied terms

• Author:
• Alan Masson

When an employer behaves in such a way, that it appears they no longer intend to be bound by the employment contract, the employee is entitled to resign and claim constructive dismissal.However, before the employee can properly treat it as a repudiation of the contract, the employer’s behaviour must be serious enough to be regarded as a material breach of a fundamental element in the contract of employment, such that the employee cannot reasonably be expected to tolerate it.Some examples in... (335 more words)

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