constructive dismissal

constructive dismissal
constructive dismissal noun
Action by an employer which leaves an employee no alternative but to resign
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constructive dismissal UK US noun [countable] [singular constructive dismissal plural constructive dismissals] british
something an employer does in order to try to make a worker decide to leave their job
Thesaurus: forcing someone and being forced to leave a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym

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conˌstructive disˈmissal 7 [constructive dismissal] noun uncountable (BrE, law)
a situation in which you are forced to leave your job because it is changed in a way that makes it impossible for you to continue doing it

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