Stephenson College v Jackson: EAT 5 Jul 2013

EAT UNFAIR DISMISSAL – Reasonableness of dismissal
The Employment Tribunal decided that the employer/Appellant’s decision to dismiss the Claimant for redundancy when a co-worker had volunteered for redundancy was one that no reasonable employer would have taken and was therefore unfair. On a fair reading of the Tribunal’s decision they had not wrongly taken into account the co-worker’s subsequent resignation and their decision was one that was open to them on the facts.

Shanks J
[2013] UKEAT 0045 – 13 – 0507
Bailii
England and Wales

Employment

Updated: 26 November 2021; Ref: scu.518523