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Employers should learn from the patient-slapping case


Court-ordered reinstatements are still a real risk for employers, even though the threshold for sacking has been lowered.

Georgina Bond
Thu, 26 Jul 2012
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Court-ordered reinstatements are still a real risk for employers, even though the threshold for sacking has been lowered.

The risk is highlighted in a recent Employment Court case in which dismissal of a nurse who slapped a patient was found to be unjustified and he was permanently

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Georgina Bond
Thu, 26 Jul 2012
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