All employees have an implied duty of fidelity applies in their employment contract. However it is well established that employees are not under a general duty to disclose their own misconduct to their employer. The exception would be where the employee is at a senior level such as the director or senior manager where he would be obliged to report […]
Tag: gross misconduct
Summary dismissal for gross misconduct
A recent case in the EAT Brito-Babapulle v Ealing Hospital NHS Trust UKEAT/0358/12 is a useful reminder of the law on unfair dismissal. In that case, the Tribunal felt that dismissal would always fall within the range of reasonable responses test for cases of gross misconduct. However, the EAT felt that the Tribunal has skipped […]