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- Date:
- 24 March 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, where an employee is dismissed primarily because of a breakdown in trust and confidence rather than conduct, the employer's contractual disciplinary procedures will not apply.
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- Date:
- 17 March 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employment tribunal was wrong to find that the absence of a system of moderating two sets of redundancy scores following a TUPE transfer rendered the selection process unfair.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case concerns an employee whose "error of judgment" had disastrous consequences.
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- Date:
- 15 March 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that the tribunal was correct to decide that it had jurisdiction to hear claims of unfair dismissal and sex discrimination by two British employees who worked for the Ministry of Defence in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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- Date:
- 10 March 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal decision that an employee's dismissal was unfair because it was based on a confusing alcohol policy of which he was unaware.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Employees are protected against detriment and dismissal for taking time off for dependants, as the employer in this case found to its cost.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case concerns whether or not an employee, who had less than one year's service, was unfairly dismissed for making a protected disclosure.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Where two employees are dismissed fairly for the same misconduct, can the reinstatement of one render the other's dismissal unfair?
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- Date:
- 21 February 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, on its true construction, a company's long-term disability scheme applied to employees who were permanently incapable of employment in any capacity, rather than merely incapable of working for the company.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Employees with less than one year's service can still claim unfair dismissal in certain circumstances, as the employer in this case found to its cost.