Joe Beeston, Kate Edminson, Rosie Kight and David Rintoul are associate solicitors and Iain Naylor is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings. They round up the latest rulings.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has reiterated the importance of employers carrying out a sufficiently thorough disciplinary investigation where there are allegations of criminal behaviour.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the employment tribunal decision that a manager was unfairly dismissed for behaving in an "over-authoritarian manner" because he was not warned that a possible consequence of continuing to act in this way was dismissal.
David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
The employment tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed for comments on Facebook about his workplace, although his compensation was reduced by 50%.
The employment tribunal held that the claimant was fairly dismissed after making threats on Facebook to a colleague who had reported him to the employer for his frequent references to his workplace as "Dante's Inferno".
The Court of Appeal has reiterated the general principle that it is legitimate for an employer to take into account a prior final written warning when deciding to dismiss an employee, provided that the warning was issued in good faith and was not manifestly inappropriate.
The employment tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed for allegedly breaching the employer's policy prohibiting smoking in company vehicles.
Victoria Bell is a managing associate and Chris McAvoy, Poppy Fildes, Rosie Kight and Helen Samuel are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.