End of employment

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  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to attend long-term sickness absence dismissal appeal hearing

  A model letter to invite an employee to an appeal hearing where the employee has appealed their dismissal under the long-term sickness absence management procedure.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: decision-maker decides how conduct is ultimately categorised

  The Court of Appeal has held that the employer was not required to match each category of gross misconduct to each allegation and that how the conduct was eventually categorised was a matter for the decision-maker after all the evidence had been adduced.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Summary dismissal: Negligent failure to act amounted to gross misconduct

  In Adesokan v Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd [2017] IRLR 346 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employee's negligent failure to act constituted gross misconduct justifying summary dismissal.

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  Employment law cases

  Indirect age discrimination: compulsory retirement of police officers was justified

  The Court of Appeal has held that the decision to reduce officer head count "to the fullest extent" by forcibly retiring police officers with 30 years' service was justified.

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  Employment law cases

  Long-term sickness absence: dismissal was disproportionate and unreasonable

  The Court of Appeal has held that an employer's decision to disregard new medical evidence and dismiss an employee on long-term sickness absence amounted to discrimination arising from disability and unfair dismissal.

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  Letters and forms

  Form for regulated financial services employer to provide reference for senior management or certification function

  A reference form for regulated financial services employer to provide for a former employee being recruited to carry out a either a senior management function under the Senior Managers Regime or a certification function under the Certification Regime.

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  Employment law cases

  Pre-termination negotiations: Employer's improper conduct meant offer was not a protected conversation

  In Lenlyn UK Ltd v Kular EAT/0108/16, the EAT held that an employer's offer to an employee of a settlement agreement did not constitute a "protected conversation" because the employer had acted improperly in all the circumstances, and in doing so had also breached trust and confidence.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Single act of negligent omission amounted to gross misconduct

  The Court of Appeal has held that an employee's failure to take action to remedy a situation was a serious dereliction of his duty that amounted to gross misconduct.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.