Dismissal for taking action on health and safety grounds

You will have been unfairly dismissed if you are dismissed for:

• carrying out or trying to carry out any activities in your role as health and safety representative (rep) to reduce risks to health and safety

• performing or trying to perform your duties an official or employer-acknowledged health and safety rep or committee member

• bringing to your employer’s attention a concern about health or safety in the workplace

• leaving, proposing to leave or refusing to return to the workplace (or any dangerous part of it) if there is a serious, imminent danger that you cannot prevent

• taking or trying to take the appropriate steps to protect yourself or other people from a serious and imminent danger

Health and Safety at Work

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