Mistaken but genuine belief that an employee has resigned can be a fair reason for dismissal – 3PB

Posted April 7th, 2025 in news by sally

‘C was employed by Impact Recruitment Services (“Impact”), an agency, which supplied her services to Howden Joinery Limited (“Howdens”). C was placed with Howdens as a warehouse operative. Following the national lockdown in March 2020, the majority of agency staff were told that Howdens would be shutting down. C was ‘laid off’ by Howdens. This caused confusion in C’s mind as to her employment status.’

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3PB, 30th March 2025

Source: www.3pb.co.uk