Employees have a right not to be unfairly dismissed from employment. Before dismissing an employee, employers need to make sure that they have a potentially fair reason.
The five potentially fair reasons for dismissal are: capability or qualifications; conduct; redundancy; where continued employment would contravene the law; and “some other substantial reason”.
An employment tribunal held that an employee was fairly dismissed after using a racist term at work, despite his arguments...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a Christian employee, dismissed for not divorcing her husband when he was...
A mistake by a private security company during a training exercise led to a fake bomb being left in a...
An employment tribunal rejected an unfair dismissal claim by a line manager who was sacked when he refused to take...
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An employee on sick leave who was found to have exaggerated the effects of an injury caused by a slip...
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An employment tribunal has awarded more than £830,000 to an NHS HR director who was constructively dismissed and harassed after...
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, where there are allegations of bad faith...
An employment tribunal held that an employee on a final warning was fairly dismissed after becoming aggressive during a meeting...
There is nothing more frustrating for employers than discovering that an employee dismissed for blatant misconduct has an arguable claim...
An employment tribunal held that an immigration officer was fairly dismissed for accepting a bribe from an offender, despite then...
A key case for HR, which was expected to go to the Court of Appeal in 2016, has settled. The...
