Employment law: the dangers of having inflexible disciplinary procedures

摘要

1. The employee brought a claim for wrongful dismissal on the basis that his employer dismissed him without recourse to the steps set out in the contractual disciplinary procedures 2. the employer argued that the disciplinary procedures only applied to conduct-related performance issues, not to poor performance issues 3. this case demonstrates that where disciplinary procedures are found to be incorporated into an employee's employment contract, those procedures may apply to general performance issues if they are not carefully drafted.