Constructive dismissal takes place when employee is forced to resign against his will
When resigns not because he wants to but because of the situation he or she is found at the place of work, is termed constructive dismissal
16 May 2021, 6:57am
by Malcolm Mifsud
When resigns not because he wants to but because of the situation he or she is found at the place of work, is termed constructive dismissal. This was held in a decision delivered by the Industrial Tribunal chaired by Mr Joseph Gerada on 7 May 2021 Doreen Saliba -v- Foster Clark Products Limited.
Doreen Saliba filed an application in January 2019, where she claimed that there was a constructive dismissal, since she felt she had to resign after her employer changed the nature of her work. She was ordered to work as a cleaner, but she had been promoted to Housekeeping Leading Hand. The Company rebutted this by saying that there was no constructive dismissal since as she had voluntarily resigned and worked until the end of