What's the "final straw"?
Where an employer commits a fundamental, breach of contract, an
employee has the right to resign and claim constructive dismissal.
For some years now it's been a well-established legal principle
that, in order to do this, the employee does not have to rely on a
single event or incident. They can resign and claim constructive
dismissal where the last in a series of acts or incidents is the
final straw.
It can be a minor problem
An incident can be the final straw if, no matter how minor, it
directly contributes towards a breach of the implied duty of trust
and confidence that exists between the employee and their employer.
But let's suppose the boot is on the other foot and, after a
number of previous incidents, an employee does something that, for
you, is the final straw. Could you dismiss them because of
it?
