Woman Gets Rs 3 Lakh After Boss Fires Her For Taking Sick Leave On Monday. What A Monday Vibe!
No more Monday blues for her!
After a nice and chill weekend, going back to work on Monday sucks, right? I know you contemplate calling in sick on Monday while you lay in bed, and snoozing your alarm for the gazillionth time! And there might have been times when you have been sick for real on Monday but your boss wouldn’t believe you because they think you are lying to them. The worst-case scenario would be that your boss does not approve of your sick leave but is less likely to fire you in these situations. But Celine Thorley, a female hairdresser in the United Kingdom, was fired by her boss, Christian Donnelly, because she repeatedly called in sick on Mondays. When this matter was taken to the tribunal, it asked Mr Donnelly to pay her £3,453 as compensation.
As per a report by Metro, Celine Thorley was a hairdresser at the Acute Barbers in Cardiff and was fired by Christian Donnelly for taking sick leaves on Mondays. This happened around the time in Halloween 2021 when Donnelly texted Celine and asked her to not let him down on Monday. But Celine, who suffered from endometriosis, a condition that causes severe period pain, messaged Donnelly to tell him that she will not be able to come to work as her stomach was ‘killing’ her.
This angered Christian Donnelly who asked her to not come to work thereon as she was fired. When Celine told him she would take this matter to the tribunal, Donnelly did not pay heed to it. Celine took the matter up with the tribunal under the claim of unfair dismissal. The tribunal heard her, and asked Christian to pay her £3,453, which amounts to Rs 3,44,204, in compensation.
Donnelly also told the tribunal that Celine had taken more sick leaves than any of the other employees combined, and also that she took her days off after the weekend. This made him think she was lying about her sickness. Celine’s boss also said that she was a ‘decent’ barber and that he held no ill feelings about her. The tribunal told Donnelly that he did not stick to the proper process of laying off.
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If Christian Donnelly would have just spoken to her in person about why she is taking so many sick leaves like the caring boss he should have, all of this could have been avoided.
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