Dealing with dismissals: what SMEs need to know

What is a dismissal?

What process do you need to follow?

How do you manage the impact?

Managing dismissals can be a challenging part of the job for any business owner and manager. It is important that you handle them fairly and legally.

Effective handling of dismissals is crucial not only for maintaining standards but also for ensuring legal compliance and a positive workplace atmosphere. With the employment law landscape becoming ever more complex and tribunal claims rising, not dealing with dismissals compliantly can be very expensive in terms of time, money and reputation.

This guide will provide you with an understanding of the different types of dismissals, the process you need to follow and how you can manage the impact within your business, however it is not comprehensive.

We would always recommend engaging an HR professional when you are looking to dismiss employees. Getting it wrong could be costly.