Abbey National plc v Formoso [1999] IRLR 222 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Hearing should not have gone ahead
- Date:
- 1 June 1999
In Abbey National plc v Formoso the EAT has upheld a finding that it was sex discrimination for an employer to hold a disciplinary hearing when the applicant was unable to defend herself due to her absence for a pregnancy-related reason.
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Sex discrimination: Correct approach to assessing loss of earnings flowing from discriminatory dismissal
- Date:
- 15 May 1999
In Abbey National plc v Formoso, the EAT rejects an employment tribunal's "reasonable employer" approach to calculating the financial loss flowing from a discriminatory dismissal.