Termination of employment
Welcome to Allen & Overy’s Employment Talk blog, sharing with you our views and insights on the end of the employment relationship, be it resignation, dismissal or as a result of performance management, and any subsequent litigation, including unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal.
Dismissal of employee for comments on social media
12 August 2015 - Joanna Pennick
All too often, employees are unaware that negative comments made on social media about the workplace, can form the basis of disciplinary action. This was the case in British Waterways Board (t/a Scottish Canals) v Smith in which the EAT ruled that it was not unfair to dismiss an employee for comments made on Facebook, even though the › Read More