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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The employer in this case did not have absolute proof that the employee had committed misconduct, but carried out a thorough investigation that showed that it was highly likely that he had.
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- Date:
- 15 June 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that it is the transferee, rather than the Secretary of State, that is liable to pay the unfair dismissal basic award and notice of an employee who is dismissed after a "pre-pack" administration and TUPE transfer of the business as a going concern.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case involves an employer that, rather than deal with problems with an employee's behaviour and attitude by giving him a series of warnings, used them as an excuse to dismiss him.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case involves a common problem for employers: an employee suspected of abusing his or her holiday entitlement.
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- Employment law cases
Claire Benson is managing associate and Helen Corbett, Sinead Jones, Helen Ward and Tori O'Neil are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The employer in this case ran into trouble when it dismissed an employee after he refused to work on some days during the company's annual shutdown, because it did not make clear that the outcome of his refusal could be dismissal.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case demonstrates the importance of employers complying with the terms of contractual staff handbooks and dealing with grievance appeals properly.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In this case, the employer's diligent and persistent disciplinary investigation led to success at the employment tribunal.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In this case, an employee was torn between disobeying his superior and carrying out an instruction from him that breached health and safety rules.
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- Date:
- 16 May 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that the employment tribunal was wrong to assess compensation for a banker who was unfairly dismissed and suffered race discrimination on the basis that he would be unlikely to find an equivalent job again.