EAT Claimant was a Lithuanian, employed in a fish processing business and dismissed because his hands were heavily contaminated with e-coli bacteria causing his employers to infer that despite factory rules and a prior warning, he had not washed his hands properly after having been to the toilet. Dismissal automatically unfair due to failure to follow the statutory dismissal procedure but no monetary award made because of the extent to which the claimant had contributed to his own dismissal. Appeal on grounds of inadequate interpretation at hearing and contradiction in the tribunal’s judgment dismissed.
[2009] UKEAT 0033 – 09 – 2910
Bailii
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 02 January 2022; Ref: scu.381631