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Engineer unfairly dismissed for refusal to work during annual shutdown

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    Harris v Dunlop Oil and Marine Ltd ET/1809847/10 (0 other reports)

Harris v Dunlop Oil and Marine Ltd ET/1809847/10

unfair dismissal | seasonal shutdown | refusal to work

The employer in this case ran into trouble when it dismissed an employee after he refused to work on some days during the company's annual shutdown, because it did not make clear that the outcome of his refusal could be dismissal.