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The Law of Unfair Dismissal

Product Description
This book provides both senior and junior practitioners with an accessible and lucid guide to the law of unfair dismissal. Written in a practical yet authoritative way, the book sets out the context, development and effectiveness of the law, in particular with regard to the ACAS Arbitration Scheme and other methods for resolving disputes at work brought to the fore by the provisions of the Employment Act 2002.
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The Law of Unfair Dismissal

The FMLA law says that lawyers fees can be awarded by Law suit for violation litigation. If you represent yourself as a non-lawyer, can you recoup some fee for time you spent working on your case. If so, what sort of fee is it and what sort of record keeping do you have to do?

My sister has cancer and in the last stages. ?

I applied for Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) at work. But was told that she didn’t fall under FMLA guidelines. I take her to doctor appointments at least twice a week. She is on chemo and with that she has to be monitored she is always sick afterward. Can anyone help me out on this. There’s got to be something in FMLA guidelines that will allow me to take care of an ailing sibling. She is still my blood relative. What’s the purpose of having this law if it doesn’t pertain to everyone in your immediate family other than the obvious son, daughter or parents.

Workplace Harassment – GDS – Republic Services


My supervisor and coworker participated in harassment making GDS a hostile workplace. Jim O’Connor at Republic Services recently announced their merger was intended to make their company stronger, more efficient and a positive work environment as an employee, this was not true in my case. I suffered severe emotional distress because of the harassment and inappropriate behavior conducted by more than one employee of Republic Services. There were also sexual connotations conveyed about a female employee and pornographic magazines left around the workplace.

Is this grounds to claim unfair dismissal?

There is a plumber on my building site, but he has been fired by the boss because he would’nt do a tap?

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