An employee who was accused of stealing a soft drink and subsequently dismissed has been awarded over £20,000 by the tribunal. Where did the employer go wrong?
Published 19.06.2018
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that an employee who was sacked for calling a colleague a “knob head” was unfairly dismissed. Does that mean this type of language is now acceptable in your
workplace?
Published 21.09.2018
In a recent case, an employee selected for redundancy sent vast amounts of confidential information to her private e-mail address. She said it was “self-preservation”, the employer argued it was
gross misconduct. Who won?
Published 27.04.2011
An employee who was sacked because she used a work PC for online shopping during her breaks has won her claim for unfair dismissal and been awarded £16,000. What did her employer do wrong?
Published 24.04.2019
In Fower v Shine 2017 the employee, who had ten years’ service, was sacked after he took a day’s holiday at short notice. His subsequent claim for unfair dismissal failed. Why was this?
Published 03.07.2017
In a recent case, a female employee had been sacked for offending a client. Most media reports focused on the fact her claim has been allowed to proceed, not why this is. What important legal point
has been overlooked?
Published 27.04.2012
In two recent cases, employers had each dismissed an employee for comments they’d made on Facebook about their workplaces. At the tribunal, one lost but the other successfully defended its decision.
So how did it win?
Published 07.11.2011
A former employee whose dismissal for gross misconduct was found to be fair by the tribunal has still been awarded more than £16,000 in compensation. Why was he handed this amount of cash if there
was no unfair dismissal?
Published 22.12.2020
You’re holding a disciplinary hearing during which the employee behaves so badly that you decide it amounts to gross misconduct so you dismiss them there and then. Would you be justified in doing
this?
Published 11.01.2008
Let’s suppose that, following a fair and thorough disciplinary investigation and hearing, you’ve found an employee guilty of gross misconduct. Does this finding automatically justify their summary
dismissal?
Published 21.10.2013