Employment law | Worker sacked for 'being annoying' highlights important area of employment law

Worker sacked for 'being annoying' highlights important area of employment law

An HR expert has shed light on how a common piece of employment law could have allowed a firm to sack a worker for “being annoying” and “eating loudly”.

In a TikTok video, which has racked up almost 900,000 views at the time of writing, Judith Fiddler, who works with employers and employees with their HR and employment law issues, explained that a woman was dismissed from her role after three complaints had come in over the past 18 months at an unnamed firm.

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