fulham
welfare rights franchise worker, fulham citizens advice, london W14
Member since 14th Nov 2005
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JSA sanction, dismissed drink driving
Tue 13-Mar-07 11:25 AM |
Hi,
Client worked as driver, 2 years, lost drivers licence through drink driving , offence out of work.. Employer summarily dismissed.
Had sanction due to misconduct, 26 weeks subsequently reduced to 13 weeks.
Does any one know if there is any defence? I have checked commentary in Sweet and Maxwell and DMG - Law used goes back to 1950,s in many cases and seems out of step with modern employment Law where client would have had case for unfair dismissal if had not been out of time.
All I have is some weak arguement about employer having a choice not to dismiss, in fact entire work force was made redundant the following month- but this dosent even approach the misconduct bit for JSA
Nick Wright
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