Case of the week
Employee wins over £30K in back pay and is ordered to be reinstated in his job after being sacked for testing positive for cannabis. . . but then his employer appeals.
An employment tribunal held that a dismissal for turning up for work and providing a positive drugs test was unfair, but the decision was appealed and is now heading back to a different tribunal for another hearing.
A bread and butter case for tribunals - dismissals for misconduct - in this case, gross-misconduct justifying summary dismissal.
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