Replay - Top 5 SOSR dismissals

This is a replay version of an episode originally published in July 2019. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date. SOSR is like a classic car. It can work well but only in the right conditions. An employer must have a fair reason to dismiss an employee. When other avenues are exhausted, employers can sort to SOSR - which stands for ‘some other substantial reason’. Rather unhelpfully, there is no definition or guidance about its meaning. It must be 's...