Unfair dismissal?

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My dad had a disagreement with the CEO of his company, my dad is a director with minority shareholding, and the CEO holds a majority, which prevented the CEO taking a large amount of money out of the business to find his lifestyle (which was needed to continue funding the business).

Very shortly afterwards he was told he was being made redundant, the two things being very clearly linked.

Would this count as unfair dismissal?
 
I do not think that Redundancy can be treated as unfair dismissal easily..it is generally deemed as a fair dismissal....however if you can prove that they were being unreasonable in making the redundancy and that they didn't follow reasonable procedures then you might have a case...but on the face of it and unless there are exceptional circumstances that can be proven then the employer is not liable to an unfair dismiss case if they offer redundancy.
 
There are two sides to every story, I very much doubt we've heard everything and therefore it's impossible to comment.

I agree, but the general idea is to comment based on what we know.

.....hmmm

how many other directors are there?

and redundancy isn't dismissal.

There's 6 or so - I was going by the advice on CAB which suggested that it might be.

Could also depend on what he is director of.

I'd consult professional advice.

I don't think he will do anything about it, but he's going to end up stuffed because he will only get statutory minimum redundancy pay.
 
CEO? Isn't that what the American use for Chief Executive Office? Might be wrong, but thought it was MD (Managing Director) over here, the top dog that is. Like Feek said though, the story is vague.

Not necessarily, CEO is Chief Executive Officer and it depends on the way that the board and/or executive management of the company is set up as to whether you have Managing Directors or CEO's.......
 
I don't think he will do anything about it, but he's going to end up stuffed because he will only get statutory minimum redundancy pay.

if he is a director and can prove what you are saying is true, then he can go to tribunal confidently.

there has to be more to it than this. is it a family business?
 
CEO? Isn't that what the American use for Chief Executive Office? Might be wrong, but thought it was MD (Managing Director) over here, the top dog that is. Like Feek said though, the story is vague.

I thought this too but that's how he has listed himself on the company website.

Story is vague because he isn't willing to talk about it.
 
Not enough information, there is the possibility of being unfairly selected for redundancy but proving can be a complete *****. As he was a director he will need very specialist advice.
For example if he was, as an Officer of the company, co signed on some form of credit agreement this agreement will still be in place unless the creditor agrees otherwise.
 
If he was the FD then I think you'd probably have a better chance of linking the two. Again it depends what he was directing and what is happening to that.
 
I have been through an employment tribunal and while I gained what I considered a personal victory, I most certainly didn't 'win' in terms of my life.

I would have been better off getting on with my life and not letting the situation consume me and make me a bitter, boring person for the best part of a year.

The situation you describe appears to have higher stakes, but then when I was let go it left me dirt poor and struggling, so I guess it's all relative.

If I were to live my life over again I would not take it to tribunal (Having said that, if I were to live my life over again I would have kept my mouth shut in the first instance, I learned a valuable lesson).

Tribunals involve such a disgusting level of dirt-digging, accusations and so on on both sides that it is degrading to the soul to be involved in one. It's a bitter, snidey situation to be in and I would not recommend it.

In terms of payment for the hours I spent on mine... totally not worth it. We're talking £2 per hour for the ****est work you'll ever do in my case.
 
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As a minor shareholder he couldn't prevent the major shareholder issuing dividends regardless.

If it was something like a directors loan then it isn't really a dividend especially if it is detrimental to cashflow or will torpedo the business. As an FD he could refuse to sign it off...
 
if he is a director and can prove what you are saying is true, then he can go to tribunal confidently.

there has to be more to it than this. is it a family business?

Not a family business.

The situation hasn't come completely out of the blue, other directors who helped found the company have been gotten rid of over the last few years after having disagreed with the CEO.
 
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