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Coronavirus: Dismissal for refusing to attend workplace not automatically unfair

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    Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd [2022] EAT 69 (0 other reports)

Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd [2022] EAT 69

coronavirus | automatic unfair dismissal | health and safety

In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) 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.