Unfair Dismissal for Making Excessive Telephone Calls

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

In this case - Johnson -v- Scottish & Newcastle - Mrs Johnson, assistant manager of a pub, was dismissed for making excessive phone calls.  Because of an inadequate procedure, the tribunal found the dismissal was unfair. The compensatory award was, on the face of it, £4,620. However, the Tribunal reduced this by 95% (on the basis that there was a 95% chance a fair procedure would have reached the same result) - yielding £231. It then further reduced this by 90% for contributory fault, an... (48 more words)

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