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Misconduct dismissals

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Unfair dismissal: conduct

    This guide explains conduct, which is one of the potentially fair reasons for dismissal in an unfair dismissal claim. An unfair dismissal claim involving misconduct generally revolves around whether the decision to dismiss fell within the range of reasonable responses and the employer followed a fair procedure in line with the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures".

  • Date:
    16 July 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment tribunal cases - dismissals following employee mistakes

    Bags for life, tea containing a surprising substance and more: Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, discusses four recent employment tribunal cases where employees were dismissed for misconduct after making what they said were mistakes. 

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Misconduct dismissals following employee mistakes: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at four employment tribunal cases where employees were dismissed for misconduct after what they claimed to be mistakes, some serious and some seemingly minor. The cases include two where the employees' conduct meant they were not awarded compensation, despite the dismissals being procedurally unfair.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Unfair dismissal: Work-related app on personal phone removed home and work life separation

    In Alsnih v Al Quds Al-Arabi Publishing & Advertising, an employment tribunal held that the dismissal of an employee for refusing to use a work-related app on her personal phone was procedurally and substantively unfair.

  • 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.

  • 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

    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.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

    In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a care-home worker was fairly dismissed when she refused to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair

    In Hope v British Medical Association, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal was entitled to find that the employer had acted reasonably in dismissing the employee for bringing vexatious grievances and refusing to either pursue or withdraw those grievances.