Summary:   Did an employer’s refusal to postpone a disciplinary hearing, due to the unavailability of the employee’s trade union representative, make the dismissal unfair? Yes, says the EAT in Talon Engineering Limited v Smith available here. Background:  Workers have a statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary hearings by either a work colleague or their…
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Once again the world of professional cycling has given me a thought for a blog. This time it is the Chris Froome situation. As an update, on Stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) in September 2017 he gave an “adverse analytical finding” – essentially his urine test showed double the permitted…
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