Unfair dismissal
COVID-19 and unfair dismissal claims
Employment Tribunal determines that long COVID can be a disability
Key takeaways for employers from the EAT’s first decision on the fairness of a COVID-19 related dismissal
Tribunal wrong to strike out unfair dismissal claim by employee who volunteered for redundancy
Detriment short of dismissal: protection from detriment for participating in or organising industrial action cannot be read into TULCRA 1992
World Cancer Day 2022: Supporting employees with cancer
Enhanced protection for employees who strike
Employee unfairly dismissed when not given the opportunity to respond to a specific allegation
Achieving diversity goals without discriminating
COVID-19: dismissal for refusing to agree variation to employment contract is unfair
Dismissal for refusing to wear face mask can be fair
Over the past year, face masks have become an ordinary part of life and it was only a matter of time before they became the focus of a workplace dispute. In the first such dispute to reach a tribunal, Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd (ET/3201960/2020), an employment tribunal found that a lorry driver was dismissed fairly for his refusal to wear a face mask on a client's premises.