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Unfair dismissal: £15,000 for Portuguese care worker dismissed for single use of rude word

Marote v Psycare Ltd ET/3302912/2012

unfair dismissal | misconduct | inappropriate language

A tribunal award of nearly £15,000 was the result of this employer's multiple failures when dismissing a Portuguese care worker with a poor grasp of English for the use of a single inappropriate word in the presence of a member of the public.