| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 138 (Dec) |
| Court: | Employment Appeal Tribunal, Scotland |
| Judge: | Lord Johnston and Mr P Hunter |
| Judgment Dates: | 29 October 2003 |
Catchwords
Employment - Unfair dismissal - Reason for dismissal - Range of reasonable responses test - Employee dismissed under attendance procedure - Applicability of test.
The Case
In all the circumstances, having regard to an agreed scheme designed to maintain the complement of the employer's workforce, a decision to dismiss an employee for absenteeism, when the final period of absence was due to the employee being the victim of an unprovoked assault, was not unfair.
Practice Areas
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