(b) Application to disciplinary proceduresThere have been a number of cases on when the Code applies to dismissals. It is now clear that dismissal for reasons of ill-health are outwith the ambit of the Code: this was confirmed by the EAT in Holmes v Qinetiq Ltd [2016] IRLR 664, [2016] ICR 1016, where Simler P offered the following summaries of when the Code does and does not apply: 'In my judgment, if an employer chooses to proceed by reference to the ACAS code on the basis that the situation with which it is concerned
There have been a number of cases on when the Code applies to dismissals. It is now clear that dismissal for reasons of ill-health are outwith the ambit of the Code: this was confirmed by the EAT in Holmes v Qinetiq Ltd [2016] IRLR 664, [2016] ICR 1016, where Simler P offered the following summaries of when the Code does and does not apply:
'In my judgment, if an employer chooses to proceed by reference to the ACAS code on the basis that the situation with which it is concerned
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