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An employment tribunal has rejected the unfair dismissal claim of a long-serving employee with a clean disciplinary record who was dismissed over comments she made on Facebook about her employer.
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Kirsti Laird is senior associate at Charles Russell Speechlys. She rounds up the latest rulings.
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The Court of Appeal has held that the employer was not required to match each category of gross misconduct to each allegation
and that how the conduct was eventually categorised was a matter for the decision-maker after all the evidence had been adduced.
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Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.
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The Court of Appeal has held that an employer's decision to disregard new medical evidence and dismiss an employee on long-term sickness absence amounted to discrimination arising from disability and unfair dismissal.
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In Lenlyn UK Ltd v Kular EAT/0108/16, the EAT held that an employer's offer to an employee of a settlement agreement did not constitute a "protected conversation" because the employer had acted improperly in all the circumstances, and in doing so had also breached trust and confidence.
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Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the dismissal of an employee for physical violence was unfair because the employer failed to have regard to all the surrounding circumstances and the employee's exemplary disciplinary record over 42 years' service.
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This tribunal decision concerns a long-serving employee who was dismissed for making derogatory comments about his colleagues and his employer that he had posted on Twitter up to three years previously.
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to a class of vulnerable 15- and 16-year-olds amounted to unfavourable treatment arising from his disability and was not justified.