Employee Rights: Employers offering Employees the Right to Resign or Be Terminated

<p><span><span>Recent developments&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>on</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>the application of&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>nternational&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>b</span></span><span><span>est&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>p</span></span><span><span>ractices to&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>labour</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;and employment disputes by Nigerian courts have raised several issues that require&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>pragmatic&nbsp;</span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span>solutions from employers.&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>For instance, w</span></span><span><span>hen an employer decides to terminate an employee's contract</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;of employment&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>without notice, the&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>employer is&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>generally faced with options&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>of whether&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>(A)&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>to adhere to the common law principle of compensating the employee with a salary in lieu of notice, as&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>held</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>Dangote v. Ager</span></span><span><span>, or&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>(B)&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>to&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>comply with</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>international best practices</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>by compensating&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>the employee&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>based on the duration of</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>the</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>employment outlined in the contract.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Reflecting on</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>Adewunmi v. Atlas Copco</span></span><span><span>,</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;this article considers the changing judicial attitude to employer right of termination currently been shaped by the&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>appl</span></span><span><span>ication&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>of</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>international</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;best practices</span></span><span><span>, and the current legal landscape&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>on remedies in cases of</span></span><span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>employment&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>termination without&nbsp;</span></span><span><span>notice</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p>