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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld the employment tribunal decision that a manager was unfairly dismissed for behaving in an "over-authoritarian manner" because he was not warned that a possible consequence of continuing to act in this way was dismissal.
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David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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The employment tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed for comments on Facebook about his workplace, although his compensation was reduced by 50%.
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The employment tribunal held that the claimant was fairly dismissed after making threats on Facebook to a colleague who had reported him to the employer for his frequent references to his workplace as "Dante's Inferno".
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The Court of Appeal has reiterated the general principle that it is legitimate for an employer to take into account a prior final written warning when deciding to dismiss an employee, provided that the warning was issued in good faith and was not manifestly inappropriate.
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This employment tribunal decision demonstrates some of the difficulties that can arise when employers require staff to undergo drug testing.
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The employment tribunal held that the claimant was unfairly dismissed for allegedly breaching the employer's policy prohibiting smoking in company vehicles.
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Victoria Bell is a managing associate and Chris McAvoy, Poppy Fildes, Rosie Kight and Helen Samuel are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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In this case, the tribunal had to decide whether or not an employee was fairly dismissed for engaging in abusive and threatening behaviour during a heated meeting with his line manager.
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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.