Tag: legal causation
An employee may be dismissed for lodging a false grievance
An employer may dismiss an employee if he or she has lodged a grievance against another employee which is false. Dismissing an employee for doing so does not amount to an automatically unfair dismissal because the lodging of a grievance is not the same as exercising a right conferred by law.
Causation – the ‘but-for’ test and flexibility
A defendant is not liable unless their wrongful conduct in fact causes the claimant’s harm.
