Court to McD's: It's Wrong To Fire Someone Over A Slice Of Cheese
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A McDonald's worker from the Netherlands was fired after she gave a cheeseburger to a colleague who only paid for a hamburger. A court has found that this is not a good enough reason to fire someone.
The AFP reports:
It then ordered the company to pay $6,006.69, the salary she would have earned during the last 5 months of her contract.
"The dismissal was too severe a measure," the district court in Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands said in a written judgment."It is just a slice of cheese."
McDonald's maintains that she broke the rules by giving free gifts to friends, family or coworkers.
McDonald's in a pickle over cheese slice firing [AFP]
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