Jonathan Jones was dismissed by his employer, Jewson, five months after he suffered a stroke. He was the branch manager of their Cardigan branch and had worked for the company for 22 years. His employer relied on incapacity as a potentially fair reason for dismissal. Unfair dismissal law provides that employment may be terminated on the ground of ill-health incapacity if it becomes clear that the employee is unlikely to be able to return to work in the reasonably foreseable future. Continue reading →