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- Date:
- 4 January 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This tribunal decision concerns a long-serving employee who was dismissed for persistent lateness following an accumulation of warnings.
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- Date:
- 20 December 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Adeshina v St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2015] IRLR 704 EAT, the EAT held that flaws in disciplinary proceedings leading to a dismissal were remedied by the appeal process, and that the dismissal was fair.
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- Date:
- 17 November 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In a reminder for employers of the dangers of Christmas parties, the employment tribunal in this case held that two zookeepers who got into a fight at London Zoo's Christmas party should have received the same disciplinary sanction.
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- Date:
- 4 November 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found a dismissal was fair even though another employee involved in the misconduct at a work event received a more lenient sanction. Key differences justified the disparity of treatment.
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- Date:
- 16 September 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has rejected the unfair dismissal claim of an employee who was caught making a public appearance as a medium while on sick leave.
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- Date:
- 7 August 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In the first Scottish appellate decision on Facebook misconduct, the EAT has held that ordinary principles of law apply. The EAT held that the employment tribunal had erred in law and substituted its own views for those of the employer.
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- Date:
- 8 June 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has found that an employee was unfairly dismissed for circulating to colleagues a document about proposed changes to his company's pension scheme, which he found on a shared drive.
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- Date:
- 2 June 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has held that an NHS trust unfairly dismissed an employee who was reported for coming to work smelling of alcohol, without further evidence that he was unfit for work.
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- Date:
- 28 May 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has held that the dismissal of a bus driver who was seen holding his mobile phone while exiting a bus stand, in breach of the employer's very strict and clearly communicated mobile phone rules, was fair.
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- Date:
- 28 May 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has held that the dismissal of a long-serving employee who was reported for using his mobile phone while driving in his own car into a workplace car park was unfair.