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6 Calculate the amount of the basic award for unfair dismissal in the following cases.

(a) Farzana, a 21-year-old waitress with four years’ continuous employment, who earns £220

a week.

(b) Gerry, a 42-year-old painter with one year’s continuous employment, who earns £280

a week.

(c) Kevin, a 58-year-old football club manager with ten years’ continuous employment, who

earns £5,000 a week.

(d) Alex, a 40-year-old doorman with 18 years’ continuous employment, who earns a basic

wage of £200 and earns an average of £100 a week in overtime.

7 Explain the difference between unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal.

Task 13

A group of students from China are visiting England on a cultural exchange visit. Prepare notes
for a presentation to be made to the visiting students. The presentation should cover, briefly, the
following matters:

(a) The way in which a contract of employment is formed and the terms which are usually
implied into such contracts.

(b) The way in which a contract of employment can be varied.

(c) The statutory procedure which must be followed when an employee brings a grievance
against his or her employer.

(d) The essential differences between claims for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and
redundancy.

(e) The statutory procedure which must be followed when an employee is dismissed or
disciplined.

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Access to the accompanying Pearson eText– an eBook

version linked to all of the resources below which you can

personalise with your own notes.

Multiple choice questions, flashcards and practice exam questions, to test

yourself on this chapter.

Use Case Navigatorto read in full some of the key cases referenced in

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