Covid-19 related absence dismissal was not automatically unfair

The Leeds Employment Tribunal has recently determined one of the first dismissals arising out of the coronavirus pandemic in Rogers v Leeds Laser Cuttings Ltd [2021] No. 1803829/2020, writes Jonathan Gidney. The Claimant (who had less than two years’ service) left work and did not return on the grounds that he believed the virus presented … Continue reading Covid-19 related absence dismissal was not automatically unfair