Dismissal

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  Employment law cases

  Fashion retailer's "wardrobe guidelines" for staff did not suggest policy on employees' body sizes

  This constructive dismissal claim against a fashion retailer was unsuccessful, but it does reveal some of the difficulties that can arise when employers in this sector require their staff to project a particular image.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Sandra Martins are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues is an associate at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: £15,000 for Portuguese care worker dismissed for single use of rude word

  A tribunal award of nearly £15,000 was the result of this employer's multiple failures when dismissing a Portuguese care worker with a poor grasp of English for the use of a single inappropriate word in the presence of a member of the public.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dismissal not termination by mutual consent when employee's work for specific client ran out

  In DLA Piper's latest case report, Francis v Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd, the claimant successfully argued that he was dismissed when the work that he was carrying out for a specific client, identified specifically in the contract of employment, came to an end.

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  Employment law cases

  Energy supplier fairly dismissed employee recorded telling customer to "bugger off"

  A large energy supplier has successfully defended an employment tribunal claim that it unfairly dismissed a customer services adviser who commonly hung up on customers and was recorded telling one customer to "bugger off".

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  Employment law cases

  Fair dismissal of climbing instructor who "momentarily lost his cool" with customer

  An employee's inappropriate behaviour towards a customer can clearly be a fair reason for dismissal, as the unsuccessful claimant in this tribunal case found out.

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  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal of bar worker who told customer to "shut up" during argument

  An employee's inappropriate behaviour towards a customer is not necessarily a fair reason for dismissal when the surrounding circumstances are taken into account, as the employer in this tribunal case found out.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting employee to attend stage 3 formal performance management meeting

  A model letter inviting an employee to a stage 3 formal performance management meeting.

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  Policies and procedures

  Checklist for conducting stage 3 formal performance management procedure

  A model checklist to set out the process for conducting a stage 3 formal performance management meeting

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employee following stage 3 formal performance management meeting (offering redeployment)

  A model letter offering redeployment as an alternative to dismissal following a stage 3 formal performance management meeting.