A JACK the Lad who lost his job because of his antics was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal ruled.
Ground engineering project manager Daniel Canneaux, 31, performed stunts in a vehicle belonging to a client.
Daniel Canneaux, who lost his job because of his antics was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal ruled[/caption]
He also put a model of a penis on a female colleague’s desk and drew one on her car, the employment tribunal heard.
Mr Canneaux is also said to have had a poor attitude at work and sometimes called colleagues “retards” and “fat”.
His bosses at Land Science in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, began disciplinary action against him, the panel was told.
The company claimed he failed to complete work he was assigned to do from home before being furloughed at the start of the pandemic and that he took a company pressure washer without permission.
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But he was made redundant six days before a gross misconduct hearing was due to take place.
Mr Canneaux then sued for unfair dismissal and unauthorised deductions of wages.
The London South employment tribunal agreed that Mr Canneaux had been treated “very poorly” and awarded him £2,650 compensation.
Judge Daniel Dyal said the disciplinary action was leverage so redundancy “seemed like a good option” and he would go quietly.
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