Question follow-through · 25486
Cabinet Office: Unfair Dismissal
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
Unfair dismissal in the UK is governed by the Employment Rights Act 1996 and other legislation, which stipulates that you must have worked for your employer for a minimum period before you qualify for the right to claim unfair dismissal at a tribunal. An ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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