Reasonable and proper cause is the legal test courts use to decide whether an employer’s action, like suspending you, was justified given what it knew at the time. Without a genuine, proper reason, something that looks heavy-handed can amount to a breach of your contract.

In practice

A teacher was suspended after using force to remove disruptive pupils from a classroom. The Court of Appeal found there was reasonable and proper cause for the suspension, given the safeguarding concerns involved.

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