Arbeiter wird entlassen, nachdem er einen Feueralarm ausgelöst und die Räumung der Nestle-Fabrik „durch E-Zigaretten in den Toiletten“ erzwungen hat, erhält eine Auszahlung von 22.000 £

So they had no evidence he was. I had a smoke detector go faulty in my old flat.

ok it was after years of smoking under it but it still went faulty and started going off on its own

I mean I hate nestle as much as most people but seems like vaping in a company building that specifically says not to and is likely in the contract, then lying about it is pretty reasonable grounds for sacking.

That ruling is a joke. I don’t like nestle as a company either but I also don’t like entitled dickheads getting payouts for being dickheads. It just emboldens them to become even bigger dickheads.

I’m all about fuck Nestle, but I’d imagine I would fire the dude too tbh.

Here’s some quotes 

We have focussed on the principal reason for the dismissal. It is clear from
the evidence of Mr Nasr that the Claimant was dismissed principally for failing to
apologise and to accept responsibility. Mr Nasr made it clear in his evidence that had
the Claimant accepted he had been vaping in the toilet, and apologised, he would
not have been dismissed. In other words, health and safety and loss of production
were not the principal reasons. They played a lesser part in the decision to dismiss
because they were not determinative. What was determinative was the failure to
accept responsibility. Failing to apologise or to accept responsibility is not
misconduct.

And we wonder why employers want zero hour contracts.

Thanks to this guy it all just got a little harder for the rest of us.

And no, depression isn’t an excuse.

I’m strongly leaning to wanting to scrap employment tribunals altogether. All they do is make the most bizarre decisions