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- Employment law cases
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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- Employment law cases
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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- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that an employer's decision to start a second set of disciplinary proceedings after an employee has already been disciplined for the same offence does not automatically render a subsequent dismissal unfair.
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- Employment law cases
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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- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal decision demonstrates some of the difficulties that can arise when employers require staff to undergo drug testing.
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- Employment law cases
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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- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers constructive dismissal where there was more than one possible reason for the individual's resignation.
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- 6 February 2013
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- Employment law cases
In The Manchester College v Hazel and another EAT/0642/11 & EAT/0136/12, the EAT upheld a ruling by the employment tribunal that dismissals as a result of post-TUPE-transfer harmonisation were automatically unfair because they did not constitute an ETO reason "entailing changes in the workforce".
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- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers whether or not the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" applied in a dismissal for a breakdown in trust and confidence.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.