{"id":14494,"date":"2025-08-07T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=14494"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:00:03","slug":"misconduct-dismissals-following-employee-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/disciplinary\/misconduct-dismissals-following-employee-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Misconduct dismissals following employee mistakes: employment tribunal round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"\">By <strong>Susie Munro<\/strong>, Brightmine Senior Legal Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We look at four employment tribunal cases where employees were dismissed for misconduct after what they claimed to be mistakes, some serious and some seemingly minor. The cases include two where the employees&#8217; conduct meant they were not awarded compensation, despite the dismissals being procedurally unfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to see more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For full access to Misconduct dismissals following employee mistakes: Employment tribunal round-up, sign up to a HR and Compliance Centre subscription today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrcentre.uk.brightmine.com\/freetrial-login\/?loggedInUrl=%2Ffreetrial%2Fnew-user%2F&amp;registrationUrl=%2Ffreetrial%2Fnew-user%2F&amp;intcmp=hrcc-migrated-resource|hrcentreuk-freetrial|start-a-7-day-free-trial\" style=\"border-radius:25px\">Start a 7-day free trial<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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