The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has remitted to an employment tribunal the issue of whether or not a Jamaican national with the "right of abode" was fairly dismissed after he did not provide the required documentation during his employer's audit of its workforce's right to work in the UK.
The employer in this case fairly dismissed an employee who lost his driving licence, even though there was not an express requirement in his contract of employment that he be able to drive.
An employee was fairly dismissed when he lost his driving licence, holds the EAT in John Liddington Ltd v Blackett, given that his job involved substantial travelling and the employer had concluded, after careful consideration of alternative arrangements, that the job could not be done properly without a car.
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Employment law cases: HR and legal information and guidance relating to contravention of statutory duty/restriction dismissals.