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Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for 20 months' unauthorised absence was unfair

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    Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust v Akinwunmi and others EAT/0345/16 (0 other reports)

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust v Akinwunmi and others EAT/0345/16

unfair dismissal | unauthorised absence | reasonableness

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that, on the particular facts, the employee's dismissal for being absent without authorisation for 20 months was unfair.