Greater Glasgow Health Board v Megan Lamont Appeal No. UKEATS/0019/12/BI

Posted In: Case Law
  • Legal Body
    Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
    Redundancy
Issues covered: Fixed-term contracts; Redundancy

The appellant health board appealed against a decision that the respondent employee had been dismissed by reason of redundancy and was entitled to a redundancy payment. The respondent was employed by the appellant to cover for another employee on secondment for the term of 2 years. After 3 ½ years of employment, the appellant ended the respondent‟s contract when the other employee returned to the workplace. The appellant was not forthcoming in providing redundancy for the respondent, so the latter brought proceedings before the Employment Tribunal and was successful. At the hearing the employer claimed that the employee should not be entitled to redundancy as this was not the

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This article is correct at 03/08/2012
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