constructive dismissal
English
Noun
constructive dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural constructive dismissals)
- The practice or act of forcing an employee to resign by creating a hostile work environment.
- 2007 June 14, “Red hair bullying cases could end up in court”, in The Register:
- Gingerism in the workplace could form the basis of formal grievances or constructive dismissal cases, an employment lawyer has warned.
- 2008, Arthur Brown, The Practice Manager's Law Handbook, →ISBN:
- After a series of warnings regarding his administrative errors and failings, the employee left and claimed constructive dismissal.
- 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 300:
- In fact, if she were an employer and I her employee, I would have strong grounds for suing her for constructive dismissal.
- 2014, James A.. Holland & Stuart Burnett, Employment Law, →ISBN, page 272:
- It is a common assumption that a constructive dismissal is automatically unfair. This view is wrong. All that a finding of constructive dismissal does is to show that the employee (despite having resigned) was in fact dismissed.
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