Clause 34 - Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal
Employment Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Norman Lamb (North Norfolk, Liberal Democrat)
Does the Minister agree, especially in the light of his experience with the Post Office, that in many cases of alleged gross misconduct the facts are complex and that it is essential in the interests of natural justice to have a hearing before reaching a decision to dismiss? If he is saying that the modified procedure will apply in all cases of gross misconduct, then in all those complex cases where the facts need to be canvassed at a proper hearing, the employee will have no right to such a hearing.