Fair dismissal despite employer not following appeal panel decision

The points of significance were that the Tribunal found that the employer’s investigation had been reasonable and there were no terms of engagement between the employer and the panel which indicated that the employer would follow the appeal panel decision. The EAT and the Tribunal both took into account the fact that this was a small employer which was not required to do more than it had or indeed even to refer the appeal to an independent panel. Consequently the EAT held that the Tribunal was entitled to find that the dismissal was fair given the terms of the Employment Rights Act requiring Tribunals to consider all circumstances.

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