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- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal awarded over £59,000 to a claimant who had suffered from stress and was eventually dismissed after confusion over a management instruction.
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- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers the dismissal of a police worker who withheld information from the police on his criminal brother.
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- Employment law cases
This case serves as a reminder to employers of the risks that can accompany Christmas parties, although the company in this case navigated the issues admirably.
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- Employment law cases
A dismissal for fighting at a Christmas party involving individuals who attempt to play down the seriousness of the incident can be fair, as this case shows.
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- Employment law cases
Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamentenios are partners and Melissa Powys-Rogrigues, Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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A harsh dismissal is not necessarily an unfair dismissal, as the claimant in this case found out.
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A harsh dismissal is not necessarily an unfair dismissal, as the claimant in this case found out.
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- 20 November 2012
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- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that the "band of reasonable responses" test for determining unfair dismissal claims does not need to be modified where an employee's rights under art.8 of the European Convention on Human Rights are engaged as a result of his or her dismissal.
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The employer in this case was entitled to take a stern view of an employee abusing a position of trust to sleep during working hours.
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- Employment law cases
Carly Mather, Lydia Newman and Amy Ross-Sercombe are associates and Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.