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
The tribunal has ruled that an employee who was sacked for taking over 300 sick days was unfairly dismissed. When you’re managing sickness absence, what must be disregarded from sick leave
calculations?
Published 14.06.2022
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
A male employee who was sacked after he was embarrassingly caught short on two occasions has won his unfair dismissal claim and compensation of nearly £30,000. Why did the employer make such a mess
of this case?
Published 03.11.2016
An employee has won her claim for unfair dismissal and been awarded over £3,400 by the tribunal after she was sacked for calling in sick yet again on a Monday morning. Why did the employer lose?
Published 23.02.2023
An employee who was sacked by WhatsApp due to her “toxic behaviour” towards colleagues has won her claim for unfair dismissal and been awarded over £12,000 by the tribunal. Where did the employer go
wrong?
Published 13.06.2023
Even when the tribunal makes a finding of unfair dismissal, it can still reduce the compensatory award where the employee’s conduct “justifies” it. But suppose they were dishonest during the
disciplinary hearing - does that count too?
Published 14.05.2012
An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee who resigned compensation totalling £49,000. This was all down to one fatal mistake. So what did it do that was wholly unacceptable?
Published 15.12.2014
Usually, it’s an employee who falls into a trap when using Facebook - many have lost their jobs for posting negative comments on it. But why has one employer, who used it to communicate with an
employee, landed itself in hot water?
Published 07.04.2010
An employee who was sacked after he left lines of sherbet powder and rolled up paper on his desk pretending that they were drug related has won his claim for unfair dismissal. Why was the employer’s
dismissal decision unfair?
Published 23.06.2021