Dismissal

New and updated

• Date:

  6 March 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: How to manage restructuring and redundancy in 2023

  The current economic climate is forcing businesses to make difficult decisions as they grapple with high inflation, a deflated economy and an increasing financial burden. Luke Bowery offers an overview of the legal framework and considers alternatives to redundancy.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dismissal for offensive tweets was unfair but compensation reduced by 100%

  In Weller v First MTR South Western Trains Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the dismissal of a train driver for offensive Twitter posts was unfair but declined to award any compensation.

• Date:

  17 January 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Key employment cases of 2022/2023

  We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

  In Jandu v Marks and Spencer plc ET/2200275/21, an employment tribunal held that the retailer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to discount any disability-related effects when assessing the employee against the redundancy selection criteria.

• Date:

  13 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

  We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Social media misconduct: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers criticised or disciplined employees for their social media activities.

• Date:

  18 October 2022

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Gross misconduct and fairness - what part does the employment contract play?

  If an employer dismisses for gross misconduct, what does this mean for an employee's contractual rights? Does a failure to pay notice pay, make an otherwise fair dismissal unfair? Max Winthrop, partner at Sintons LLP, joins us to answer these questions and more, drawing on his legal and practical expertise. Max also shares his thoughts on the potential for significant change to employment law under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dress codes: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions concerning dress and jewellery codes that led to successful employment tribunal claims for religious discrimination and unfair constructive dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Age discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers were held to have discriminated against employees because their age was a factor in their dismissal.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Mishandled disciplinary procedures: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.