Driver v Cleveland Structural Engineering Co Ltd [1994] IRLR 636 EAT

Trade union membership: Alternative employment relevant in trade union dismissal case

Date:

1 July 1994

In determining whether an employee, whom the employer claimed was dismissed for redundancy, was in fact dismissed because of his trade union activities, it was relevant for the industrial tribunal to consider why he was not offered alternative employment when other redundant employees were selected for redeployment, holds the EAT in Driver v Cleveland Structural Engineering Co Ltd.