Roger Huffadine

WORCESTER

CTO

A bit of a cleft stick for the directors of Waterstones eh?
Using a gross misconduct rule like this to dismiss an employee only works if you can show that you are even handed.
Clearly they have demonstrated that they are Bastardstones because they have used a gross misconduct rule to dismiss an employee when a simple "please stop it" would have saved huge amounts of time and money.
That being so the company (by the action) brings itself into disrepute.
Five years ago the cost of defending a claim of unfair dismissal stood at £30,000.
A dismal decision by someone in the company.