The East of England Ambulance Service has been required to pay compensation of nearly £50k to a former paramedic after wrongfully dismissing him for assault allegations. Peter Edwards, who worked as a senior paramedic, was …
Whilst an employee should not generally be disciplined twice for the same offence, a recent case shows that in exceptional circumstances an employer can reopen disciplinary proceedings that had been previously concluded. In the case …
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A Tribunal has found that two cleaners were unfairly dismissed when the allegations of rude and abusive behaviour towards colleagues and clients were not conducted in a “procedurally fair manner”. The two women, sisters, had …
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A former Weetabix employee has won a constructive dismissal case against the company after resigning twice over his manager’s “profane management style”. The employment tribunal found that Gary Mobbs, former health, safety and environment manager …
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A former employee has won her claim for discrimination unfair dismissal against railway infrastructure services company VolkerRail as a result of suffering sexual harassment including the way in which claimant’s grievance and appeal process was …
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A bus driver who got into a physical altercation with a driver from another bus company was unfairly dismissed after “flawed” disciplinary proceedings, a tribunal has ruled. Mr J Taylor, a bus driver employed by …
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