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- Date:
- 1 October 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In UBAF Bank Ltd v Davis [1978] IRLR 442 EAT, the EAT held that the employee was unfairly dismissed because he had never received a written warning of dismissal.
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- Date:
- 1 August 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In The Bakers' Union v Clarks of Hove Ltd [1978] IRLR 366 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the EAT had incorrectly set aside the finding by the Industrial Tribunal that the employers' insolvency was not a special circumstance rendering it not reasonably practicable for them to comply with the redundancy consultation provisions of the Employment Protection Act, section 99.
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- Date:
- 1 April 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Transport & General Workers' Union v Nationwide Haulage Ltd [1978] IRLR 143 IT, the Industrial Tribunal held that the two sets of redundancies were not aggregated since there was no evidence that at the time of making the first set of redundancies there was an intention to follow them shortly with the second set.
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- Date:
- 1 March 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Tanner v DT Kean [1978] IRLR 110 EAT, the EAT held that an Industrial Tribunal was entitled to hold that in using the words "you're finished with me" to the appellant employee, the employer had merely spoken in annoyance and had not dismissed the employee.
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- Date:
- 25 January 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Western Excavating (ECC) Ltd v Sharp, the Court of Appeal lays down the rule that in order to be able to resign and claim constructive dismissal within the meaning of para. 5(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act, an employee must be able to show that the employer's conduct amounted to a significant breach of a fundamental term of the contract of employment or indicated that the employer no longer intended to be bound by the contract.
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- Date:
- 1 January 1978
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Massey v Crown Life Insurance Co [1978] IRLR 31 CA, the Court of Appeal held that, whilst the parties to a contract cannot alter the truth of their relationship by putting a different label upon it, when it is ambiguous as to whether the employment is under a contract of employment or a contract for services, the terms of an agreement between the parties may be decisive as to what is the legal relationship.
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- Date:
- 22 October 1977
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Taylor v Alidair Ltd, the Appeal Court upholds a finding by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that it was not unfair to dismiss a pilot on the basis of a single error of judgement. And in Retarded Children's Aid Society Ltd v Day, it holds that the Code of Practice notwithstanding, in some cases it may be reasonable to dismiss without giving the employee a second chance, "especially with a man who is determined to go on in his own way".
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- Date:
- 1 October 1977
- Type:
- Employment law cases
When the fixed term contract of a temporary employee expires without being renewed, the test of fairness may be less stringent than would be adopted for an employee whose status was not seen from the start as temporary. This is one of the points to emerge from Gwent County Council v Lane and Terry v East Sussex County Council.
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- Date:
- 1 October 1977
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In LM Boychuk v HJ Symons Holdings Ltd [1977] IRLR 395 EAT, the EAT held that an employee who insisted on wearing a "Lesbians Ignite" badge was fairly dismissed because the employer asserted that the badge could cause offence to fellow employees and customers.
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- Date:
- 1 September 1977
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Devis & Sons v Atkins, the House of Lords rules that whether a dismissal is unfair must be judged according to the facts which the employer knew or should have known at the time the decision to dismiss was taken.