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Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, UK tribunal rules

Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case

The hearing in Cambridge was told Herbert started her £40,000-a-year role at the Northampton firm Main Group Services in October 2018. The tribunal heard that in May 2022 the office manager had found documents in her boss’s desk about the costs of employing her, and became upset as she believed he was going to let her go. Boyes found that Herbert was summarily fired because of her use of the word “dickheads” and ruled that the company had failed to follow proper disciplinary procedures.

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