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   From: paul@harper.net   
      
   On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:41:16 +0100, "Alison Hopkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"Quitting" is something of a euphemism; there is a concept of unfair   
   >dismissal in UK law that would suit very well.   
      
   "Constructive Dismissal: There is a mutual obligation of trust and   
   confidence between employer and employee. In respect of employers it   
   entails an obligation that they will not conduct themselves in a   
   manner calculated or likely to destroy or seriously damage the   
   relationship of confidence and trust between employer and employee.   
   Any breach of this implied term is a fundamental breach amounting to a   
   repudiation since it necessarily goes to the root of the contract. To   
   constitute a breach of this implied term it is not necessary to show   
   that the employer intended any repudiation of the contract. The   
   employment tribunal's function is to look at the employer's conduct as   
   a whole and determine whether it is such that its cumulative effect   
   judged reasonably and sensibly is such that the employee cannot be   
   expected to put up with it."   
      
   Seems to cover it nicely.   
      
   Paul.   
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