The Duty of Trust and Confidence
Posted in : Essential Guide to Employment Contracts on 19 July 2016
Kiera Lee
Mills Selig
The duty is owed by both parties to the contract and requires both parties not to act in a way that is designed or likely to damage or cause the relationship to break down. It is a very wide term that applies to every aspect of the relationship between employer and employee.
Background
Case law has developed to establish two separate elements of the duty of mutual trust and confidence – to treat each other with respect and consideration and not to act unreasonably. These elements developed from case to case and were eventually affirmed by the House of Lords in the leading case of Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International [1997] IRLR 462. The doctrine is stated as follows: the
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This article is correct at 19/07/2016
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Kiera Lee
Mills Selig
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