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Lies, White Lies and Your CV. Legal Advice

June 1, 2010 by admin

In an increasingly competitive jobs market, people tend to think ‘does a little white lie in my CV matter if it helps me get the job’. The answer to this is that it very well could and the consequences could very well be serious.

Blowing the whistle

May 18, 2010 by Andrew John

If you believe there is malpractice or wrongdoing in a workplace then you can ‘blow the whistle’ on the behaviour and be protected from losing your job and/or being victimised by your employer. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 legislates that if you believe there is wrongdoing in your workplace (eg your employer is committing a criminal offence) you can report this by following the correct processes, and your employment rights are protected.

Constructive Dismissal

The Employment Rights Act 1996 provides that there is a dismissal if:

"The employee terminates the contract under which he is employed (with or without notice) in circumstances in which he is entitled to terminate it without notice by reason of the employer’s conduct."

This is known as constructive dismissal.