An employer was justified, on grounds of reputational risk and a breakdown of trust and confidence, in dismissing an employee after the police had disclosed that the employee posed a risk to children, where it had discharged its duty to make a reasonable investigation.
art.8 CHILD SEX OFFENCES DISCLOSURE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996 s.98(4) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.6 MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE POLICE POLICE DISCLOSURE THAT EMPLOYEE POSED RISK TO CHILDREN POLICE POWERS AND DUTIES REPUTATION REPUTATIONAL RISK IN ABSENCE OF PROVEN MISCONDUCT s.9(8) s.98(1) s.98(1)(b) s.98(1)(d) s.98(2) s.98(2)(b) SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL REASON FOR DISMISSAL SUMMARY DISMISSAL UNFAIR DISMISSAL WRONGFUL DISMISSAL