Employee sacked by voicemail wins unfair dismissal case

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• Joanna Downes

Victim Support Northern Ireland (“VSNI”) recently demonstrated how not to sack an employee when it left a voicemail on one of its employee’s mobile phones explaining that their employment was terminated with immediate effect.

Mrs Giboney had worked as a branch manager for the organisation for five years before she received the voice message dismissing her without notice. She had been unable to attend a scheduled meeting with one of the charity bosses as she had a doctor&rsq... (458 more words)

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