Hussain v Acorn Independent College Ltd [2011] IRLR 463 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Continuous service: Continuity of employment preserved across college summer vacation
- Date:
- 15 February 2011
In Hussain v Acorn Independent College Ltd EAT/0199/10, the EAT held that a teacher had the requisite one-year period of continuous employment to bring a complaint of unfair dismissal. Continuity was preserved over the college summer vacation between his first temporary contract and a subsequent contract because his absence was on account of a "temporary cessation of work".
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Unfair dismissal: EAT finds teacher's continuity of employment unbroken by summer holidays
- Date:
- 7 October 2010
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a teacher's continuity of employment was not broken by the intervening summer holidays during which there was a temporary cessation of work.
