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- Date:
- 19 May 2023
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair constructive dismissal claim was successful because of mistakes made by the employer that breached the employment contract expressly or impliedly.
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- Date:
- 16 May 2023
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at four recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair dismissal claim was successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.
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- Date:
- 25 January 2023
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Weller v First MTR South Western Trains Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the dismissal of a train driver for offensive Twitter posts was unfair but declined to award any compensation.
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- Date:
- 17 January 2023
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 1 December 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers criticised or disciplined employees for their social media activities.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
If an employer dismisses for gross misconduct, what does this mean for an employee's contractual rights? Does a failure to pay notice pay, make an otherwise fair dismissal unfair? Max Winthrop, partner at Sintons LLP, joins us to answer these questions and more, drawing on his legal and practical expertise. Max also shares his thoughts on the potential for significant change to employment law under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
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- Date:
- 26 August 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers were held to have discriminated against employees because their age was a factor in their dismissal.
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- Date:
- 13 July 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.
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- Date:
- 14 June 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.