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- Date:
- 29 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" does not apply to dismissals for some other substantial reason (SOSR) due to a breakdown in working relationships.
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- Date:
- 1 June 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Beth Staniland is a trainee solicitor, and Emma Cousins, Ciara Jenkins, Iain Naylor and Lucy Sorell are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 13 October 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An unfair dismissal tribunal case has illustrated a model response from an employer faced with a client's refusal to have an employee back on its site.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 3 July 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In DLA Piper's case of the week, Lund v St Edmund's School, Canterbury, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures should have been followed in a case where the reason for dismissal was stated to be for "some other substantial reason" (SOSR), but disciplinary proceedings ought to have been invoked.
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- Date:
- 1 May 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 23 April 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal case arose from a situation in which the employer felt that it had no option but to dismiss a foreign worker who lost her right to work in the UK.
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- Date:
- 23 April 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This private security contractor, which needed most employees by law to hold a security licence, fairly dismissed an employee who did not have the required documentation.
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- Date:
- 25 January 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers whether or not the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" applied in a dismissal for a breakdown in trust and confidence.
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- Date:
- 9 October 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.