Case report round-up: Employer had discretion to delay disciplinary proceedings
XpertHR's latest case reports cover:
- Disciplinary proceedings: Employer had discretion to delay disciplinary proceedings pending police investigation In Secretary of State for Justice v Mansfield EAT/0539/09, the EAT held that the postponement of disciplinary proceedings pending the outcome of criminal proceedings in respect of the employee's alleged misconduct did not render his eventual dismissal unfair. (Employment Review)
- Unfair dismissal: Employer should have challenged evidence of accuser In Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Roldan [2010] EWCA Civ 522 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find a dismissal unfair where the reason for the dismissal included an allegation about a secondary incident that had not been particularised, and where there had been a failure to investigate a key dispute of fact between the accuser and accused. (Employment Review)
- Tribunal entitled not to award stigma damages for unfair dismissal In Brown v Baxter and another t/a Careham Hall EAT/0354/09, the EAT held that the claimant's unfair dismissal case was not about stigma damages, and that the tribunal was entitled not to award any damages under this head of loss. (Personnel Today)
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