A recent Supreme Court decision has found contracts of employment require employers to treat employees honestly and fairly. Sounds simple, but not doing so could cost you millions.
I was speaking to a management consultant recently. She raised a problem where a senior executive claimed he had been constructively dismissed because the board called into question his honesty.
His claim included notice and lost earning capacity. The lost earning capacity arose from the onset of a depressive illness caused by the board’s behaviour. Such a condition left the employee immediately unemployable and probably unemployable in the future.
Date Published: 25th November 2008
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