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Manager unfairly dismissed for saying he "didn't like black people" as a schoolboy

Byrne v Warburtons Ltd ET/402304/10

unfair dismissal | racism | personality clash

The employer in this case had a laudable zero-tolerance policy on racism, but failed to take a common-sense view of the background to an accusation that a manager had made a racist comment.