As you’re aware, an employee can bring a harassment claim against you if they’ve been bullied or intimidated. However, a new Court of Appeal case has just increased their options. What’s the latest?
Published 26.01.2006
If there’s an irretrievable breakdown in a working relationship, it’s possible to dismiss an employee for some other substantial reason (SOSR). But does the Acas Code apply to these dismissals?
Published 22.09.2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has agreed that a male employee who was sacked because he urinated in a loading yard was unfairly dismissed by his employer. Why did the employer lose this case?
Published 24.01.2019
An employee who was sacked after he recommended another local supplier’s meat deal on his personal Facebook account has won his claim for unfair dismissal. Where did the employer go wrong?
Published 25.08.2017
The tribunal has ruled that an employee who was sacked for calling his boss “a tw@t” was unfairly dismissed and awarded him £19,000. What did the employer do wrong in the dismissal procedure?
Published 24.10.2018
An employee who was sacked after he “liked” a comment on Facebook about hitting a line manager has won his claim for unfair dismissal and been awarded over £32,000. Where did the employer go wrong?
Published 06.11.2014
An employee is absent without leave and a colleague’s suggested that you issue her with a “return to work or be sacked” ultimatum. You’re worried that you could be exposed to an unfair dismissal
claim. Is this likely?
Published 10.03.2005
In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee’s dismissal was fair, even though the employer had ignored parts of the ACAS Code of Practice. How did the employer secure this
successful outcome?
Published 05.06.2013
After a disagreement with an employee on paternity leave you decide to dismiss him for insubordination. He now says that as the disagreement was about his paternity leave, the dismissal is
automatically unfair. Is he right?
Published 27.11.2008
The tribunal has ruled that a former Oxford University employee - who was sacked over twelve allegations of gross misconduct - was unfairly dismissed. Where did this particular employer go wrong?
Published 24.02.2015