Ely v YKK Fasteners (UK) Ltd

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Reason for dismissal — Resignation — Employee expressing intention to resign — Change of mind by employee — Employer insisting contract terminated by resignation — Industrial tribunal finding employee dismissed — Whether employer precluded from having reason for dismissal — Whether dismissal for “some other substantial reason” — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, s 57(1)(b)

[1994] ICR 164