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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Gerri Hurst, Sinead Keenan, Carly Mather, Joelle Parkinson and Mark Rose are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: police officer dismissed for taking matters into his own hands

  In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a police officer who made protected disclosures was dismissed after taking matters into his own hands and becoming difficult to manage because he was not satisfied with the action taken following the concerns that he had raised, and that he was not dismissed for blowing the whistle.

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  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal: delay in resigning does not alone affirm contract

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that when determining whether or not an employee has accepted an employer's fundamental breach of his or her contract of employment and therefore lost his or her right to resign and claim constructive dismissal, the passage of time between the breach and the employee's subsequent resignation is only one factor that must be considered.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Colin Makin are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues and Dominic Speedie are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay payable on death of a worker, concludes ECJ

  The European Court of Justice has held that a payment must be made for accrued but untaken annual leave on the death of a worker.

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  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal: notice in excess of contractual amount affirms the contract of employment

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, where an employee gives notice to terminate his or her contract of employment in excess of the contractual amount, the employee will be deemed to be offering additional performance of his or her contract, which will affirm the contract and undermine a claim for constructive dismissal.

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  Employment law cases

  Employee who leapt from crashing truck was fairly dismissed

  In this tribunal decision, the claimant argued that he was unfairly dismissed for taking appropriate steps to protect himself from serious and imminent danger.

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  Employment law cases

  Summary dismissal for single safety breach was fair

  In this tribunal decision, an employee's summary dismissal for a single, serious breach of health and safety rules was held to be fair and non-discriminatory.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer and Ed Gregory, Rosie Kight and Joanne Magill are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Drug testing: fair dismissal of employee who tested positive for cannabis

  In DLA Piper's case of the week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the case of an employee who was dismissed after testing positive for cannabis.