Paternity leave

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Paternity leave

An employee returned from paternity leave. He was advised that he was at risk of redundancy because the business had been sustaining losses for some time. His manager told him that the redundancy was 99% certain and that there were no suitable alternative roles. Shortly afterwards, a letter was handed to him confirming his redundancy. His appeal was heard by a director who subsequently admitted that he had never conducted a redundancy appeal and had received no training. After the hearing the same director was told of two suitable vacancies, but did not inform the claimant about them. The employment tribunal concluded that the real reason for dismissal was that he had taken parental leave and awarded maximum damages allowable of more than £65,000