Fairness of dismissal – what is known or what should be known?
By Lupton Fawcett employment director, Joan Pettingil.
The recent case of Royal Mail v Jhuti raised the interesting question of whether an employer can be liable for a claim for automatic unfair dismissal on grounds of whistleblowing when the dismissing manager has been duped by another manager into believing the dismissal was for another justified reason, in this case – poor performance.
Ms Jhuti made a protected (whistleblowing) disclosure to her manager, Mr Widmer. Mr Widmer’s response was to question Ms Jhuti’s u... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
