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Unfair dismissal: Work-related app on personal phone removed home and work life separation

In Alsnih v Al Quds Al-Arabi Publishing & Advertising, an employment tribunal held that the dismissal of an employee for refusing to use a work-related app on her personal phone was procedurally and substantively unfair.

Decision-maker not conducting disciplinary meeting did not make dismissal unfair

In Charalambous v National Bank of Greece, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the employee's dismissal was fair even though the manager who made the decision to dismiss had not attended the disciplinary hearings.

Whistleblowing: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 6 June 2023

We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the employee succeeded in their whistleblowing claim.

Constructive dismissal tribunal round-up: Express and implied breaches

Date:: 19 May 2023

We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair constructive dismissal claim was successful because of mistakes made by the employer that breached the employment contract expressly or impliedly.

Disciplinary procedures and unfair dismissal: Tribunal round-up

Date:: 16 May 2023

We look at four recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair dismissal claim was successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.

Age discrimination: Case law round-up

Date:: 25 April 2023

We look at four cases in which dismissals of employees in their 50s or 60s were found to amount to direct age discrimination, including two where redundancies were rushed through to avoid enhanced pension payments.

Dismissal for offensive tweets was unfair but compensation reduced by 100%

Date:: 25 January 2023

In Weller v First MTR South Western Trains Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the dismissal of a train driver for offensive Twitter posts was unfair but declined to award any compensation.

Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

Date:: 16 January 2023

In Jandu v Marks and Spencer plc ET/2200275/21, an employment tribunal held that the retailer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to discount any disability-related effects when assessing the employee against the redundancy selection criteria.

Social media misconduct: Employment tribunal round-up

Date:: 1 December 2022

We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers criticised or disciplined employees for their social media activities.

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Cases on appeal

Unfair dismissal: Work-related app on personal phone removed home and work life separation

Decision-maker not conducting disciplinary meeting did not make dismissal unfair

Whistleblowing: Employment tribunal round-up

Constructive dismissal tribunal round-up: Express and implied breaches

Disciplinary procedures and unfair dismissal: Tribunal round-up

Age discrimination: Case law round-up

Dismissal for offensive tweets was unfair but compensation reduced by 100%

Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

Social media misconduct: Employment tribunal round-up

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