In Garcha-Singh v British Airways plc, the EAT has ruled that an Employment Tribunal was entitled to find that the dismissal of a long-term sick employee
An Employment Tribunal has ruled that a journalist was unfairly dismissed for refusing to install an “intrusive” work-related app on her personal phone, which would
The EAT has held that the dismissal of an employee “vanished” as a consequence of her successful internal appeal of a dismissal decision.
Did you know that approximately 6.3 million people in the UK suffer from dyslexia? With around 10% of the population affected, it is important for employers to understand what obligations they have, if any, towards dyslexic workers.
The EAT has upheld a Tribunal’s decision that it was fair to dismiss an employee for being persistently late to work, even though sometimes this was by just two or three minutes.
In Singh v Metroline West Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal decided that an employer had committed a fundamental breach of contract when it withheld company sick pay from an employee suspected of malingering.
In the recent case of Coulson v Rentplus Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a decision that the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures applied to a sham redundancy dismissal that was tainted by discrimination.
The decision to make employees redundant is never easy and care needs to be taken to follow a lawful process in order to avoid the risks and costs of potential claims, particularly unfair dismissal.
In the recent case of Fentem v Outform EMEA Ltd it was decided that the employer’s use of a PILON clause to bring forward an employee’s termination date after he had resigned did not amount to a dismissal.
In the case of Hope v British Medical Association the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a decision that it had been fair to dismiss an employee who raised multiple informal grievances and refused to progress them or attend a grievance hearing.
In the recent case of London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham v Keable the Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a decision that an employee was unfairly dismissed after a video of him expressing controversial views on Zionism went viral on social media.
In the recent case of Stott v Ralli Ltd the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that the dismissal of an employee was not an act of discrimination arising from disability.
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