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Coronavirus: Dismissal for refusing to attend workplace not automatically unfair

Date:: 11 May 2022

In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a tribunal's decision that the employee's dismissal for refusing to return to the workplace because of concerns about the pandemic was not automatically unfair for a health and safety reason.

Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

Date:: 26 January 2022

In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a care-home worker was fairly dismissed when she refused to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

Coronavirus employment tribunal round-up: Employees raising health and safety concerns

Date:: 23 June 2021

With coronavirus-related employment tribunal rulings now appearing regularly, we examine four early examples of first-instance decisions where an employer dismissed an employee who refused, or was reluctant, to attend work because of health and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus: Constructive dismissal after remote working request denied

Date:: 19 February 2021

In An Operations Coordinator v A Facilities Management Service Provider, the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland found that a worker was constructively dismissed when she resigned after she raised concerns about safe working and her employer rejected her request to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic.

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All items: Coronavirus - workplace management

Coronavirus: Dismissal for refusing to attend workplace not automatically unfair

Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

Coronavirus employment tribunal round-up: Employees raising health and safety concerns

Coronavirus: Constructive dismissal after remote working request denied

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