He had taken unforgivable liberties which would normally have resulted in an employee's dismissal.

If the board is not convinced that the employee's dismissal is justified, the employer must reinstate the employee.

In still other companies, employees may be funneling call records to these Web site companies, something the carriers maintain would result in the employee's dismissal.

Whereas a wrongful dismissal action covers a specific amount of wages, a claim for unfair dismissal covers general compensation by way of damages in respect of an employee's dismissal.

Dismissed Trucker Backed The Court also said that trucking companies may be temporarily forced to reinstate workers who protest safety conditions while the Labor Department studied the employee's dismissal.

Under Section 8, the Secretary of State could pass a statutory instrument setting out the rules and limits surrounding compensation for the employee's dismissal after making a protected disclosure; until this is done, Section 9 provided interim remedies, which were the same as in other cases of unfair dismissal.