Nye v William Hardwicke 2000 Ltd ET/3103642/2011

Third-party pressure to dismiss: unfair dismissal of employee whose removal was condition of nightclub retaining licence

Date:

9 October 2012

This employer was told by the police that a non-negotiable condition of retaining the licence for its nightclub business, without which it would have to close, was the removal of an employee who had allegedly poorly handled incidents of violent crime in the nightclub.