The Appeal Tribunal ruled last week on the question of dismissals for Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR). SOSR is a category of justifiable dismissal just like misconduct or poor performance. However, it is a catch all category for dismissals that do not fall into the other main categories. For this...

A quick reminder that with the introduction of the Shared Parental Leave rules, it is vital that employers have an up to date policy dealing with the rights. The reason this is so important is that there are very strict criteria that must be met if an employee’s request is...

There has been a slight change to the law on unfair dismissal when looking at previous warnings. Prior to this case, the general position is that if a previous warning was not appealed by the employee at the time, the Tribunal would not revisit the matter.  In short, the employer...