How do you avoid an unfair dismissal claim?

The law of Unfair Dismissal is hardly new; in fact it first came to prominence back in the early 1970s. Given the age of the legislation why is it then that unfair dismissal claims are still the most prevalent in the Employment Tribunal? Statistic shows that in 2004/5 alone there were nearly 40,000 unfair dismissal claims filed. How can an employer avoid such claims? The first problem starts with inactive management. Often an employee's poor performance or poor conduct is noticed early on in their employment but nothing is done. When appraisal time comes round the employee concerned will ...