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When is a dismissal 'automatically unfair'?
Dismissals are classed as 'automatically unfair', regardless of the reasonableness of your action, if an employee is exercising specific rights to do with: - pregnancy: including all reasons relating to maternity
- family reasons: including parental leave, paternity leave (birth and adoption), adoption leave or time off for dependants
- representation: including acting as an employee representative and trade union membership grounds and union recognition
- part-time and fixed-term employees
- discrimination: including protection against discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief
- pay and working hours: including the Working Time Regulations, annual leave and the National Minimum Wage
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