Which of the following constitutes automatic unfair dismissal?

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Which of the following constitutes automatic unfair dismissal?

Automatic unfair dismissal happens when the reason for ending employment is itself unlawful, regardless of how the employer handles the process. Dismissing someone because of a protected characteristic—discrimination—fits this: it is prohibited by law, and such a dismissal is automatically unfair. The other options aren’t automatic: redundancy can be fair if the job genuinely ends and the process is proper; poor performance can be fair if there’s a proper capability process; breach of contract may give rise to a remedy but isn’t automatically unfair in itself.

Automatic unfair dismissal happens when the reason for ending employment is itself unlawful, regardless of how the employer handles the process. Dismissing someone because of a protected characteristic—discrimination—fits this: it is prohibited by law, and such a dismissal is automatically unfair. The other options aren’t automatic: redundancy can be fair if the job genuinely ends and the process is proper; poor performance can be fair if there’s a proper capability process; breach of contract may give rise to a remedy but isn’t automatically unfair in itself.

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