When your employer makes it impossible to stay
Constructive dismissal has specific legal tests and high evidential thresholds. Understanding what they are - and how to protect your position - is the critical first step.
Unbearable working conditions
Your employer has significantly changed your role, reduced your pay, relocated you unreasonably, or created conditions that make it impossible to do your job. These changes go beyond normal management decisions - they alter the foundation of your employment relationship.
Your employer has significantly changed your role, reduced your pay, relocated you unreasonably, or created conditions that make it impossible to do your job. These changes go beyond normal management decisions - they alter the foundation of your employment relationship.
When an employer makes your position untenable, resigning doesn't always mean giving up your rights. Start with a free assessment to get an initial picture of your situation. Then go deeper with guided tools that help you check your rights, understand your eligibility, and identify which claim types might apply.
Whether the legal protections around constructive dismissal might be relevant to your situation
Which type of claim might apply — and how constructive dismissal relates to other claim types
Whether a qualifying period applies to your situation — or whether day-one protections kick in
How your situation relates to common constructive dismissal claim types
Whether other issues might be involved — like discrimination, whistleblowing, or pay
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These are the stages people in your situation typically encounter. Most cases don't go through all of them — but the early stages have strict time limits, so it's worth understanding the landscape from the start.
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Constructive dismissal cases involve a lot of detail about what happened and when. If you're still in the job, keeping things together now makes everything easier later.
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