Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U...
by s1artibartfast on Thursday September 04, 2025 @12:27PM
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My reading of the article was that the former was stated in the contract, and the latter was the judicial finding. In retrospect,I suppose this is unclear from the article.
Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U...
by ceejayoz on Thursday September 04, 2025 @12:32PM
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That's not my reading of it, but to remove all doubt, the judicial finding details the employment contract.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ae81ed8bc29...
> Section 15 and 16 of the contract deal with disciplinary rules and unsatisfactory work and misconduct. Sections 18, 19 and 20 specify the respondent’s disciplinary procedures. Section 21 details the appeals procedure. The grievance procedure and grievance appeal procedure are laid out at section 22.
> At section 16 there is a list of the type of conduct or unsatisfactory work that may lead to dismissal after a prior warning has been given. There is a non exhaustive list of examples which include negligence, carelessness or general lack of capability in performance of the employees duties, bad timekeeping and the provocative use of insulting or abusive language.
No, it doesn't. The business process was part of the legally binding contract.
> The hearing was told that under the terms of her contract, she could be fired for “the provocative use of insulting or abusive language”. However, this required she be given a prior warning. Only more serious breaches such as “threatening and intimidating language” would be gross misconduct and warrant summary dismissal.