Employee moved from France to UK by US firm claims unfair dismissal

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

The EAT considered in this case whether a flight attendant with United Airlines who transferred from Paris to London could claim unfair dismissal despite the fact that she had never worked at her new base in London due to long term sickness absence.

The Appeal Tribunal held that the correct approach in determining jurisdiction is to consider what was happening at the material time rather than the contractual entitlement or what might have happened had the facts been different.

Her argument ... (383 more words)

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