Category Archives: Unfair Dismissal

Employment, Employment Tribunals, Terms and Conditions of Employment, Unfair Dismissal

Changing Terms and Conditions of Employment – Sign or we will sack you – fair or unfair?

Posted on by Yvonne
Olyvetree HR
11
Aug

How easy is it ‘in practice’ to change a Contract of Employment? I often get asked if you can change an employee’s terms and conditions of employment.   More simply put  ‘can I reduce what I pay one of my employees?’ “I want to keep them but need to reduce pay (or hours of work […]

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Disciplinary Investigations, Employment, Employment Tribunals, Sickness, Unfair Dismissal

Fair or Unfair? Sacked for being in the Pub when off sick.

Posted on by Yvonne
Olyvetree HR
03
Aug

As an HR Consultant I come across many situations where employers want (or need) to take action to deal with employees who do something wrong.  It happens. This is a case where an employer felt the employee had done something wrong so dismissed him believing the reasons for the dismissal were ‘right’.  The Tribunal disagreed […]

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