In Henderson v AccountsNet Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £13,081 to a trainee accountant who was found to have been unfairly dismissed after she left the office to collect her ill child from school.
A model policy on time off for dependants covering circumstances in which right to time off for dependants applies, procedure, pay, how much time off can be taken and what happens when the employer finds that false information has been provided.
The employment tribunal held that a mother's six absences totalling seven days in a 12-month period constituted a "reasonable" amount of time off for dependants under s.57A of the Employment Rights Act 1996.