Blog 1: New power for employment tribunal
Employers in Jersey could be forced to re-employ workers they have previously fired after changes in employment law.
There is a new rule for the employment tribunals. The law for employment says that when the employer fired somebody he must have an urgent reason and handle his employee with respect.
The new rule is when the employee thinks that his discharge was unfair he can bring a claim of unfair dismissal to court and fight this against his employer. The conclusion for the employers is that in some cases they have to re-hire their employees after they fired them.
The proceedings that the tribunal must follow are:
- the tribunal will consider both the employers and the employees’ wishes
- find a compensation for both parties
The compensation is new, the tribunals have more freedom and can ask the employers to pay.
I think this is a good rule because there is enough abuse in the world of employers and employees. There are enough employers that thinking they can fire everybody without a good reason. Now can an unfair treaded employee claim his employer to re-hire him and give him a payment.
Written by Sofie Lanckriet, 3RP3
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8284425.stm
Page last updated at 09:31 GMT, Thursday, 1 October 2009 10:31 UK
I agree with Sofie that this new measure is good because persons who were fired without a fair reason can bring a claim of unfair dismissal to court. On the other side I think that when court decides that the employer has to re-hire the employee , it will be very difficult for the employee to deliver good work then! Of course it’s very good that the court can decide and find a compensation for both parties. I can conclude that the employees will be pleased with this new measure.
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