Australia's Fair Work Commission found Xe unfairly sacked a Sydney trader for working from Singapore without approval, yet awarded him no compensation. For employers enforcing hybrid rules, the ruling turns on whether every ground for dismissal was put to the worker before the decision.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence60
British Airways must pay sacked cabin crew member C Mateo £29,195.69 after a tribunal found its misconduct investigation fell short. The judge refused to reinstate him, so the flawed inquiry cost BA money and Mateo stays out of the job.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap0
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence58
Herbprime Co unfairly and wrongfully dismissed a dispensary worker of 14 years on the day her husband pushed a colleague, an employment tribunal found. The judge faulted the lack of investigation and set a 25% uplift on compensation for breaching the Acas code.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+3
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence65
HMP Moorland fairly dismissed an officer for sexually harassing male colleagues, a tribunal found, 14 months after staff first complained. Managers recorded each warning and adjusted her duties for her fragile mental health while the misconduct case continued.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence55
Britain's Employment Rights Act cuts the unfair-dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months on 1 January 2027. Writing in Personnel Today, Sarah Kerr argues that a thin probation file can leave a later redundancy score hard to explain.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap0
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence45