Chapter 6
Checklist to prepare a claim for reinstatement
- Full name and address of the employee and if possible a telephone number.
- Full name and address of the employer.
- The employee’s length of service.
- Employee’s wage at the time of the dismissal.
- Was there any written employment contract?
- Was there any established disciplinary code/procedure?
- What was the nature of the employee’s job and of the employer’s business in general?
- Did the employee receive notice in writing?
- Get details of the employee’s marriage, family situation, and dependants (ages of children, whether studying, working or unemployed).
- Is the employee a member of a union? If so, get the union’s name, address and telephone number.
- Does the employee know whether the employer’s company was a member of a Bargaining Council?
- What are the employee’s prospects of finding another job?
- Does the employee have any other information or documents that might be relevant to the case?