In the employment tribunals: August 2010

XpertHR provides summaries of recent employment tribunal rulings.

Employee fairly sacked for rubbing plate of toast on his line manager's head
Employees who stormed out in the heat of an argument were dismissed and did not resign
Employee's angry words after unequivocal dismissal did not mean she resigned
Facebook entry and YouTube video led to amateur model's dismissal
University researcher on three successive fixed-term contracts declared permanent employee
Age discrimination: "joke" email from manager costs employer £1,500
Ageist remark from manager and flawed redundancy procedure costs employer over £27,000
School's selection of Protestant teacher for redundancy was religious discrimination
Driver fairly dismissed on suspicion of drinking while delivering volatile acid
Mechanic unfairly dismissed on the spot contrary to Acas code
Sexual harassment: business owner insisted on "playing cupid" between staff
Small employer ordered to pay almost £6,000 following ageist actions