Lidl worker canned for 'working too hard'

A former Lidl manager is suing the discount retailers after they sacked him for working too hard.

The manager, known only as Jean P, would arrive at his Lidl branch in Barcelona at 5am and spend hours shelf-stacking, checking orders and price-checking.

Whilst most bosses would love to have an employee who is so dedicated, Lidl bosses claim the hard-grafting worker breached the supermarket’s rules banning unpaid overtime.

It is reported that Jean P’s dismissal letter accused him of “very serious laboural unfulfillment” after the hierarchy checked the shop’s CCTV security footage.