Question follow-through · 25502

Scotland Office: Unfair Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.

answeredScotland Office

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Answering body
Scotland Office
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated.Where an employee is unable to solve a probl...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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