unfair dismissal claim
noun [C] (also wrongful dismissal claim)Definition
› HR, LAW a situation in which someone who has been unfairly told to leave their job starts legal action against their former employer in order to get money from them: Her unfair dismissal claim with the Employment Tribunal was rejected, and her appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal was unsuccessful.bring/lodge/pursue an unfair dismissal claim Two former employees are now bringing an unfair dismissal claim against the company.
(Definition of unfair dismissal claim noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Thesaurus
Our dictionaries
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
throw caution to the wind/winds
to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
