Yes. And it’s generally considered something for which any employee could win at a labour board, if they wanted to take it there. Strictly speaking, constructive dismissal could be seen as a form of fraud (many unemployment schemes do not cover someone who has quit their job, only those who have lost their job without cause).

It’s going to be harder for the employer in the UK (for now, until the shambles of a conservative government finalizes the gutting of rights) and Europe, but it’s far more humane and effective to figure out where the employee can fit within the organization, and if there is nowhere to fit, to give the employee a generous termination package.

Employees who have been constructively dismissed like this need to remember to not sign any NDAs or arbitration agreements on the way out and to document the experience to take it to a labour board.

The first line of the fifth paragraph reads:

> In overt cases, this is known as ‘constructive dismissal’: when an employee is forced to leave because the employer created a hostile work environment.