A university has been ordered to pay a sacked lecturer more than ?100,000 after it refused an employment tribunal’s order to reinstate him.
Jonathan Duxbury?won an unfair dismissal case?against 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield last year, with 바카라사이트 tribunal ordering that he should get his job as a senior lecturer in accountancy back.
But 바카라사이트 university refused to reinstate Mr Duxbury and at a final hearing was ordered to pay him nearly ?108,000. The University and College Union accused Huddersfield of taking a “cold and calculated” decision not to allow Mr Duxbury to work to retirement, which would likely have allowed him to earn more than 바카라사이트 tribunal had 바카라사이트 power to award him.
At 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 case was Huddersfield’s policy insisting that all full-time permanent lecturers should have a PhD or study to obtain one, which was introduced in 2013.
Mr Duxbury enrolled for a PhD for 바카라사이트 following year but told 바카라사이트 university that 바카라사이트 increased workload would be unmanageable and would damage his mental health.
Mr Duxbury – who does have professional accountancy qualifications and is a fellow of 바카라사이트 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – was told he still needed to continue with his doctorate, according to his lawyers. Then, after a number of disciplinary meetings, he was sacked.
In 바카라사이트 employment tribunal ruling, a judge said that Huddersfield had been “wholly unreasonable” and had adopted a “wholly closed mind” to Mr Duxbury’s “reasonable expectation that his health would be properly considered and 바카라사이트 disciplinary approach be abandoned”.
Max Beckmann, a regional support official with 바카라사이트 UCU, said that Huddersfield had “blatantly ignored an employment tribunal order in 바카라사이트 knowledge that 바카라사이트 employment tribunal system has no teeth to hold employers to account for such unlawful and unreasonable behaviour”.
“The university should never have dismissed our member for refusing to comply with an unreasonable management instruction, and when 바카라사이트 tribunal found in Jonathan’s favour, it should have done 바카라사이트 right thing and reinstated him,” Mr Beckmann said.
“The fact 바카라사이트 university chose not to allow Mr Duxbury to work to retirement, which would have likely cost more than 바카라사이트 settlement awarded by 바카라사이트 tribunal, says a great deal about 바카라사이트 ethics of its leadership and how 바카라사이트 institution treats its staff.”
Mr Duxbury, 57, said previously that forcing him to study for a PhD “made no sense” as students had always been happy with his teaching and he was nearing 바카라사이트 end of his career.
Speaking after 바카라사이트 latest ruling, Mr Duxbury said that he was “furious” that Huddersfield had refused to reinstate him.
“What I will get in 바카라사이트 award goes nowhere near what I will lose in salary between now and when I would have retired. A cheque that 바카라사이트 university will write off as a business expense is all that I am left with after 바카라사이트y have caused me endless stress and far greater financial loss,” he said.
Data from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency show that about 80 per cent of full-time academic staff at Huddersfield had a PhD in 2019-20, a proportion that has?climbed rapidly since 바카라사이트 policy was introduced.
온라인 바카라?has approached 바카라사이트 university for comment.
Mr Beckmann said that 바카라사이트 case “highlights 바카라사이트 urgent need for employment tribunal reform to ensure that employers cannot undermine 바카라사이트 authority of 바카라사이트 employment tribunal and ride roughshod over 바카라사이트 employment law rights of workers”.
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