Labour Research (September 2003)

Features: Law matters

Evidence in sickness dismissals

Where an employer dismisses an employee for sickness - a capability dismissal - the tribunal should take account of all the evidence of the employee's health up to the date of the dismissal. It does not have to consider evidence arising after the dismissal date.

* Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust v Brooks EAT/0330/02


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