Fri Dec 21, 2012, 06:49 AM

McDonald's Worker In Wales Was Fired For Putting Too Many Sprinkles On A McFlurry

McDonald's Worker In Wales Was Fired For Putting Too Many Sprinkles On A McFlurry

A McDonald's waitress won £3,000 compensation today for being fired after sprinkling too much chocolate on an ice-cream.
Sarah Finch, 19, was fired for gross misconduct after giving extra chocolate topping to a workmate on a 99p McFlurry.

Miss Finch took the McDonald's restaurant to an employment tribunal after her bosses accused her of giving away food without payment.

The unfair dismissal claim was settled out of court and she was awarded more than £3,000 in compensation.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-worker-fired-over-sprinkles-2012-12#ixzz2FgbbiSUT

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McDonald's Worker In Wales Was Fired For Putting Too Many Sprinkles On A McFlurry (Original post)	The Straight Story	Dec 2012	OP
Was the arbitration because of collective bargaining?	Sancho	Dec 2012	#1
System in the UK:	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2012	#5
thanks!	Sancho	Dec 2012	#10
The "Gross Misconduct" was not on the part of Miss Finch.	sheshe2	Dec 2012	#2
There is a docu and book about the McDonald's Libel case in U.K.	jerseyjack	Dec 2012	#3
What a Dumb Ass Manager to Fire Her for That	dballance	Dec 2012	#4
He probably wanted to hire someone else so he needed an excuse for a vacancy. nt	MADem	Dec 2012	#11
Accountability	pscot	Dec 2012	#13
While I know you're being facetious,	kentauros	Dec 2012	#18
That's why they count the beans in each can	pscot	Dec 2012	#19
And recycle the liquid into the coffee?	kentauros	Dec 2012	#20
when i was 17	barbtries	Dec 2012	#6
When I was sixteen	tavernier	Dec 2012	#7
In The Grand Scheme Of Things	grilled onions	Dec 2012	#8
I did love that squiggly!	Phentex	Dec 2012	#9
Proper management response should have been:	LeftinOH	Dec 2012	#12
This is what happens when business is dictated by soulless bean counters.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#14
This would NEVER EVER happen in the US...Most rights and all benefit of the doubt go to employer	uponit7771	Dec 2012	#15
Does the UK have at-will employment?	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2012	#16
My local McD teabag manager has apparently cut the hours of older employees	blackspade	Dec 2012	#17

Response to The Straight Story (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 07:00 AM

Sancho (2,393 posts)

1. Was the arbitration because of collective bargaining?

I don't know the system in Wales, but it seems like our "Step 1, Step 2, etc." arbitration we do when filing grievances over a contract. I also don't know the role of government regarding an unfair firing.

McDonald's Worker In Wales Was Fired For Putting Too Many Sprinkles On A McFlurry

1. Was the arbitration because of collective bargaining?

5. System in the UK:

10. thanks!

2. The "Gross Misconduct" was not on the part of Miss Finch.

3. There is a docu and book about the McDonald's Libel case in U.K.

4. What a Dumb Ass Manager to Fire Her for That

11. He probably wanted to hire someone else so he needed an excuse for a vacancy. nt

13. Accountability

18. While I know you're being facetious,

19. That's why they count the beans in each can

20. And recycle the liquid into the coffee?

6. when i was 17

7. When I was sixteen

8. In The Grand Scheme Of Things

9. I did love that squiggly!

12. Proper management response should have been:

14. This is what happens when business is dictated by soulless bean counters.

15. This would NEVER EVER happen in the US...Most rights and all benefit of the doubt go to employer

16. Does the UK have at-will employment?

17. My local McD teabag manager has apparently cut the hours of older employees