Garside & Laycock v Booth

This case is a timely reminder of the proper test that employment tribunals should apply in considering whether a dismissal is unfair.Sometimes employers want to reduce employees' remuneration or hours of work, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, as an alternative, or in addition, to redundancies. If the employees won’t accept a pay cut, and the employer has no unilateral power in their employments contracts to impose one, dismissals may result, usually after a carefully conducted process of consultation.