Unfair dismissal – Date of dismissal. The employee was summarily dismissed for gross misconduct. His last date of service was 24 August. His internal appeal, held on 9 January, reduced the finding to misconduct but the employee was still dismissed. The employment tribunal found that the decision on the internal appeal had not changed the effective date of termination for the purposes of calculating the time limit applicable to a claim for unfair dismissal. The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in dismissing the employee's appeal, held that the decision on the internal appeal had done nothing to alter the effective date of termination.