Employment

Stonehouse Coaches Ltd v Smith (Unfair Dismissal : Polkey deduction)

[2013] UKEAT 0040_13_2410Employment Appeal Tribunal2013

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“The dismissal of a bus driver for using foul language, in front of the schoolchildren he was driving, towards a female passenger was held unfair because the proprietor of the bus undertaking had summ…”

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