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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Beth Staniland is a trainee solicitor, and Emma Cousins, Ciara Jenkins, Iain Naylor and Lucy Sorell are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Dismissal for standing by marriage vows with sex offender was religious discrimination

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the dismissal of a Christian employee because of her refusal to end her marriage with a convicted sex offender was indirect religious discrimination.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: manager who refused drug test should have set example

  A manager who refused to take a "for cause" drug test was fairly dismissed because his employer was entitled to expect him to set an example for other staff, according to an employment tribunal.

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  Employment law cases

  Computer misuse: password sharing was widespread, says claimant

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the fairness of a dismissal for uploading obscene material onto a work cloud storage account, when the employee argued that password sharing was "widespread" in his workplace.

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  Employment law cases

  No right to privacy for emails and photos on iPhone relating to work colleague

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the employee had no reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of inappropriate emails and photographs on his iPhone relating to a work colleague that affected the workplace.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: Employee's dismissal was fair even though colleague received lesser sanction

  In MBNA Ltd v Jones EAT/0120/15, the EAT held that the employee was fairly dismissed despite the fact that a colleague involved in the same incident received a final written warning.

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  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal: written acceptance of terms did not affirm the contract

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employee's written acceptance of new terms of employment for a demoted role did not affirm the contract of employment. The employee had worked in the demoted position under protest.

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  Tasks

  Dismiss an employee for poor performance

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Lauren Evans, Iain Naylor, David Rintoul, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Employee who "pulls a sickie" can be dismissed for misconduct

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has affirmed that an employee who makes up, or exaggerates the effects of, an injury or illness to take fraudulent sick leave is fundamentally breaching the implied term of trust and confidence and can be dismissed for misconduct.