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Employee falsely accused of "planning" sickness absence was constructively dismissed

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    Butler v Shropshire Leisure Group Ltd ET/1604296/10 (0 other reports)

Butler v Shropshire Leisure Group Ltd ET/1604296/10

constructive dismissal | unauthorised absence | sickness absence

In this case, an employment tribunal held that the heavy-handed way in which a manager dealt with suspected unauthorised absence entitled the employee to resign and claim unfair dismissal.