constructive dismissalnoun [ C or U ]
uk/kənˌstrʌk.tɪv dɪˈsmɪs.əl/us/kənˌstrʌk.tɪv dɪˈsmɪs.əl/mainly UKactions taken by an employer that intentionally make working conditions for an employee difficult or unfair so that the employee feels forced to leave their job
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- defrock
- delayering
- depose
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- lay sb off
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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