The Effective Date of Termination (“EDT”) is the term used for the date an employee’s period of continuous service ends; this can be the date on which the employee’s notice expires (where the employee has been terminated with notice) or the date on which termination takes effect (where the employee has been dismissed without notice).
Establishing the EDT is crucial for determining the time limit an employee will need to adhere to in order to bring a claim for unfair dismissal. There can however often be some dispute over when the EDT took place, with many historic employment cases having been centred on the issue.
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