Optical Express Ltd v Williams [2007] IRLR 936 is a UK labour law case, concerning redundancy.
The Tribunal held she was not too late because there was a common law trial period that could be longer than four weeks.
The employers had breached the term of mutual trust and confidence by imposing on her the new contract which was unsuitable.
Because her rejection was within a reasonable time, she should be considered constructively dismissed under s 136(1)(c) and entitled to redundancy.
Burton J held that the Tribunal was wrong and the statutory trial period could not be ignored.