Third-party pressure to dismiss: unfair dismissal of employee whose removal was condition of nightclub retaining licence
Nye v William Hardwicke 2000 Ltd ET/3103642/2011
unfair dismissal | third-party pressure to dismiss | some other substantial reason
This employer was told by the police that a non-negotiable condition of retaining the licence for its nightclub business, without which it would have to close, was the removal of an employee who had allegedly poorly handled incidents of violent crime in the nightclub.