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Right to be accompanied: employer fails to allow probationer to have companion at dismissal meeting

A case examining whether an employer acted unfairly by refusing to allow a probationary employee to be accompanied at a dismissal meeting, and the scope of the statutory right to be accompanied.

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Collins v ILC Manchester Ltd t/a International Learning College ET/2413340/2012

Does a probationary dismissal meeting trigger the right to be accompanied?

This employer lost an employment tribunal case because it did not allow an employee who was still on his probationary period to be accompanied at a meeting at which he was informed that he was being dismissed.

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