Employee called "old buzzard" wins constructive dismissal appeal

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Parsons v. Bristol Street Motors (2008)

Mr Parsons, who was 60, worked at the dealership in Oxford where a new manager was recruited. He resigned some four months later as a result of his new manager’s style and brought a claim for constructive unfair dismissal. The Tribunal had to decide whether he had resigned in circumstances amounting to constructive dismissal. 

His new manager was indiscriminately tactile with staff but Mr Parsons was not singled out for such treatment. His... (180 more words)

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