An office worker who went on maternity leave for 28 months before refusing to return to work has had her unfair dismissal case thrown out by an employment tribunal.
  •  DJDarren   ( @DJDarren@thelemmy.club ) English
    4•10 months ago

    I’m a terrible union-loving leftie who loves nothing more than seeing workers get what they’ve earned, so I read this prepared to be outraged on her behalf.

    And wasn’t.

    Dunno why she thought she had a case, but according to what I read there, she really didn’t.

    •  NuPNuA   ( @NuPNuA@lemm.ee ) English
      4•10 months ago

      Yeah, I’m a long time union member who even worked for a rep as a bit, if a member came to me with this I’d tell her she brought it on herself and there’s little we can do.

    •  apis   ( @apis@beehaw.org ) English
      1•10 months ago

      There’s always going to be a handful of people who are either too detached from reality to grasp that they don’t have a case, and another handful who know they don’t have a case but who are willing to chance a ridiculous claim.