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Employee unfairly dismissed for imprisonment guilty of contributory conduct

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    Prior v City Plumbing Supplies Ltd EAT/0535/11 (0 other reports)

unfair dismissal | criminal offence outside workplace | contributory fault

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has affirmed the employment tribunal's decision that an employee who was unfairly dismissed because the employer believed his prison sentence frustrated his contract of employment was guilty of contributory conduct.