The employee was fired for not showing up to work on Monday
A hairdresser has been ordered to pay £3,453 (Rs 3,44,204) in compensation after sacking an employee for repeatedly calling in sick on Monday. Metro informed of. Celine Thorley, 25, who worked for Christian Donnelly’s Acute Barbers in the student union at Cardiff University, was sacked on Monday after she didn’t turn up for work.
The incident took place in October 2021, when Mr Donnelly warned Ms Thorley at the end of his shift on a Friday, saying, “Don’t let me down on Monday”, as she was going to a Halloween house later that week. Was partying However, on Monday, she texted him saying she couldn’t get out of bed because she was “completely shaky”.
The text read: “Hey Chris I know you’re going to be mad at me but I just can’t make it work, sorry I really didn’t think I was going to be so bad, I at all I’m not well.” Had a mess yesterday and I woke up this morning and immediately felt sick. I really thought I’d be fine today… my stomach is killing me and I’m completely unsteady… I really can’t figure Chris out of bed. I’m so sorry!”
Believing she was faking her illness, Mr. Donnelly responded by saying she was “not doing it” and fired her.
“After four years of calling in sick on Mondays because you had a good weekend, I can do what I love, trust me,” he told her. :’You’ve got all your warnings. Crack down with all the legal sh**t.’
Mr Donnelly told the tribunal that in his first year he had more time off than his colleagues and sick days almost always came after the weekend. He said he had 17 days off on Monday/Tuesday plus 10 days off to recover from his burns.
In her defence, Ms Thorley said the absenteeism numbers were “not as bad” as Mr Donnelly had suggested, and claimed to be suffering from endometriosis. The Employment Judge upheld Ms Thorley’s complaint of unfair dismissal, accepting that the Claimant was suffering from “physical infirmity” as a result of menorrhagia (heavy periods). The judge later ordered Mr Donnelly to pay a total of £3,453 to Ms Thorley because he had not followed “due process” in sacking her.
Responding to the order, Mr. Donnelly said wales online He stuck to his decision because there was a “pattern” of Ms Thorley calling in sick on Mondays. However, he admitted that he should have gone through the correct process, including a written warning.
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