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Underperforming social media worker wins £20,000 in tribunal

27 January 2025


A social media worker who had been underperforming won £22,210 in a recent unfair dismissal case after they were not given adequate warning prior to their dismissal.

In an article for HR Magazine, legal director Laura Binnie outlines what led to the tribunal’s decision.

A tribunal will want to see evidence that the managers involved have both understood, and applied, the relevant internal policy. Here, the issue was not the failure to manage the claimant’s underperformance as such, but the failure to give her any adequate warnings, under the employer’s own disciplinary policy, before moving to dismissal.

Laura Binnie

Legal Director

Read the full article on the HR Magazine website.

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