Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Other substantial Grounds -for fair dis
- Competition /conflict of interest
- Family Connection
- Employer is entitled to dismiss when he can prove employee is competing against him
- HARRIS & RUSSELL Ltd v Slingsby 1973 UK
- Employer cant dis an employee who was looking for work of a competitor
- Unless it was done in order to abuse his confidential postition
- Preece v Irish Helicopters Ltd 1984 (EAT)
- In contract he signed he wouldnt do work outside of job that might be in conflict with Irish Helicop Ltd
- Company got info that he was setting up company & applying for licence , he was interviewed , he said nothing asked to sign undertaking
- He refused , comp said he damaged the trust & confidence between them
- EAT HELD : EMPLOYER allowed to insist that employee not interest himself in a comp which will compete wit biz of the employer
- Mulchrone v Feeney 1982
- employee worked for confectioner in westport
- in her spare time she worked for direct competitor
- dismissed for undermining the biz & danger she could be passing on trade secrets
- Family Connection
- Goggin Carroll & Co . v Dineen 1985
- insuran brokers in charleville - Employees boyfriend setting up competing biz in town
- employers wer happy she wouldn deliberatly expose secrets , but may inadvertently do so..
- She was offered a position 30 miles away , she refused & was dismissed
- HELD: unfair bcos fear of unexpected slip, not grounds for dismissal
- inconsistent with employers business
- O' Donoghue v Carroll Group Distributors Ltd 1982
- cig factory - sticker on van said no smoking
- in view of customers and employees
- refused to remove & refused to park at rear of premises
- dismissed was held to be fair
- Coffey v Alcan metal centres 1990
- Eat found similar circumstances
- fair dismissal
- employees brother & fiance worked with her in co
- B and Fiance move to competitor
- She got married to fiance
- no other reasonable option other than dismissal
- Fairbrother v Stiefel Laboratories ltd 1985
- Pharmaceutical case- wife competing but real concern was confidentiality
- He wouldn ask wife to cease so they sacked him , it was held fair on basis of conflict of interest
- Criminal Convictions
- May justifie conviction if it is connected to employment or affect rep of business
- O' leary v Thomas Crosbie 1983
- Employee- convicted of indecent assault
- HELD EAT: CRITICAL FACTOR
- ONUS ON EMPLOYER TO SHOW THAT WHETHER OR NOT CLAIMANTS CONDUCT WAS UNSUITABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT
- HELD UNFAIR DISMISSAL
- CONDUCT