Unfair dismissal: Refusal to sign unreasonable restrictive covenants can be fair reason for dismissal
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Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA (0 other reports)
A refusal to sign post-employment restrictive covenants can amount to a potentially fair reason for dismissal. However, the tribunal was entitled to find that the way in which the employer had sought to impose the change was procedurally unfair.