Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 25493

Department for Work and Pensions: Unfair Dismissal

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Alison Griffiths

ConservativeBognor Regis and Littlehampton

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

Answer

Andrew Western
The protections for staff within the Department for Work and Pensions against unfair dismissal include the application of a fair, published, accessible discipline procedure, formal appeal of the decision to an independent appeal manager and an ability for...

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