If an employee has been charged with a crime and we feel it affects our trust in the employee as well as potentially having a negative impact on our client relationships can we dismiss the employee? The employee has admitted to committing the crime although his lawyer has led him to believe he will not face a conviction. So far we have allocated the time taken off for court appearances etc as ‘unpaid’. Does anyone know where we would stand legally if we dismissed the employee?
Any advice gratefully recieved.
Sam Bailey