The employee was dismissed on refusing to accept new terms and conditions which were proposed to bring into line the terms and conditions of employees in their original business with those of employees, including the claimant, of another business taken over by the employers. The proposed new terms were financially and otherwise to his detriment. … Continue reading Richmond Precision Engineering Ltd v Pearce: EAT 1985

EAT The EAT upheld an industrial tribunal’s finding that by unilaterally varying the employee’s job description the employer was in fundamental breach of contract, entitling the employee to resign in accordance with the Sharp contract test. However, in dismissing the employee’s appeal the Tribunal also upheld the industrial tribunal’s further findings that the employer had … Continue reading Genower v Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow AHA: EAT 1980

Belief that an employee had resigned was sufficient to justify dismissal. The expression of a wish to resign is capable of being ‘some other substantial reason for dismissal’. If an employer mistakenly does not know of a valid reason for a dismissal but in fact such a reason exists then the fact that the employer … Continue reading Ely v YKK Fasteners (UK) Ltd: CA 15 Jul 1993

The Tribunal dealt with the question that arose when an Industrial Tribunal had considered The EAT was asked whether it was reasonable for an employee to decline the new terms of a contract. The Tribunal’s judgment had said: ‘If it was reasonable for him to decline these terms then obviously it would have been unreasonable … Continue reading Chubb Fire Security Ltd v Harper: EAT 1983

The appellant had resigned after many years working weekdays in the defendants laundry. She was found to have been constructively dismissed, but that the employer had good reason within the section, in that their need included the need to have a service at weekends The respondents felt it would be unfair to seek someone who … Continue reading J E Davidson v The Sue Ryder Foundation: CA 4 Oct 1996