When an employer terminates my employment, as well as unfair dismissal, what other claims might I have against my employer?

Besides claims about Health and Safety issues there are a number of other claims you could have, depending on the circumstances of your dismissal.

• If your employer has breached a term of your contract of employment, such as not giving the appropriate notice to terminate employment, or premature termination of a fixed term contract, you may have a claim for wrongful dismissal.
• Discrimination on grounds of sex, age, gender reassignment, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, disability, or membership or non-membership of a trade union (termination of employment on these grounds is automatically an unfair dismissal).
• You could have a claim relating to equal pay, or if your pay was below the National Minimum Wage.
• If your employer fails to consult the workforce during redundancies, or a transfer or business to a new employer, you may be entitled to compensation.
• If you are made redundant when your employer becomes insolvent you can claim unpaid wages, redundancy pay etc from the state if your employer is unable to pay it, up to a set maximum.