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Court rejects worker's £1m flatulence and bullying claim

Court rejects worker's £1m flatulence and bullying claim

A worker has lost a $2million (£1.09million) case against a company he contracted for after a judge dismissed claims that he was bullied by his supervisor’s passing of gas – Daily Mail reports.

The worker claimed that his supervisor, who provided labour for Construction Engineering Australia, would fart on or at him which he found humiliating.

The supervisor denies purposely passing wind admitting that he may have accidentally done it once or twice.

A former colleague recalled that his ex-boss had frequent gas whilst in the presence of the contractor who raised the case but labelled it as ‘banter’.

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