Employers have the right to terminate an employee's contract of employment for a variety of reasons, but in certain situations, the reason for dismissal may not fit neatly into the traditional categories of misconduct, capability, redundancy, or illegality. In these cases, an employer may consider using the catch-all provision of "some other substantial reason" (SOSR) to justify the dismissal. To fall within in an employer must show that the reason (or principal reason) for dismissal is a “substantial reason of such a kind as to justify the dismissal of an employee holding the position which the employee held” AKA SOSR. What is an [...]