British Woman Sacked For Taking Lunch Break, Wins Over 11,000 Pounds For Wrongful Dismissal
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The managing director felt that her leaving the office for lunch demonstrated "disloyalty" and a lack of "commitment" to the company.
In 2018, a British woman's boss was furious with her and fired her for taking a lunch break from her regular workplace. The woman has now received over 11,000 pounds in damages for her wrongful termination.
Tracie Shearwood, a worker at Lean Education and Development in Dudley, West Midlands, England, lost her job as a result of "enormously" infuriating the company's managing director, Maxine Jones, by going out for a meal with two coworkers "at the height" of a crisis for the company.
The managing director, Maxine Jones, allegedly viewed the lunch as "disloyalty" and evidence that she wasn't "dedicated" to her position at Lean Education and Development in Dudley, West Midlands, according to the Employment Tribunals. Ms. Shearwood was fired from the firm due to this "gross misconduct."
She was also given the blame for "pure negligence" and paperwork mistakes.
