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Employer wrong to rely on employee's "flippant" attitude during disciplinary hearing

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    Hopkins v Kosher Deli UK Ltd ET/3302741/09 (0 other reports)

Hopkins v Kosher Deli UK Ltd ET/3302741/09

unfair dismissal | misconduct | theft

In this case, the employment tribunal held that an employer placed too much emphasis on an employee's "flippant" and "sarcastic" attitude during a disciplinary hearing and failed properly to consider the flaws in the evidence against him.