One of your employees is assigned to look after an important client. However, your client wants them removed from their account as they believe “your employee is useless”. Does their complaint give
you grounds for dismissal?
Published 09.12.2015
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that an employee who was sacked for grabbing a colleague around the throat was unfairly dismissed. Does this mean you can’t sack employees who use physical
violence?
Published 23.02.2017
An important client has heard a nasty rumour about one of your employees and they are now insisting on his removal from their contract. But you have no other work available, so where would you stand
legally if you sacked him?
Published 04.01.2010
An important and valued client is refusing to have one of your workers back on their site. How should you deal with the situation? Can you just dismiss him because there’s no longer a job?
Published 11.01.2007
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a dismissal in which the employee was denied a right of appeal was both reasonable and fair. Does this decision mean that you can stop offering a right
of appeal?
Published 21.09.2021
When an employee who’s been dismissed for misconduct successfully appeals against that decision, they are automatically reinstated. If they then say that they don’t want to return to work, can they
still claim unfair dismissal?
Published 29.11.2022
An employee has been awarded over £38,000 after the tribunal concluded that the documents produced by the employer to support its dismissal decision had all been fabricated for the hearing. How can
you prove that a document is genuine?
Published 07.02.2023
An employee’s dismissal has been overturned on appeal. However, rather than accept this decision and return to work, they’ve told you they intend to claim unfair dismissal. Can they actually do this?
Published 22.09.2016
An employee took a dislike to some of your decisions, so they complained about you to the local paper and it printed their letter! They’re now saying that this is a “protected disclosure” and you
can’t sack them. Are they on solid ground?
Published 11.05.2010
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