Dishonest CV

Rodney Hylton-Potts, Lawyer

I discovered that a hire at my company included false information on his CV. It turns out he was dismissed from his last role following a disciplinary hearing for gross misconduct.
He told me he was made redundant. He has been in my employment for two months. Do I have grounds to dismiss him?

If you are confident that your information about the finding of this gross misconduct is correct (and you have evidence of this), you can proceed to dismissal. As he has only been with you for two months, he does not have the qualifying period of service for unfair dismissal protection. You could, therefore, relax the procedure an employer should usually follow. As a minimum, meet the employee and explain that you are dismissing him for gross misconduct, due to his dishonesty in including false information on his CV and in lying to you.
If you dismiss for gross misconduct, the dismissal takes immediate effect and you do not need to pay for his notice period. You should, however, pay for any holiday he has accrued but has not taken before the termination date.