£ 1,660 compensation after unfairly sacking him over a personal commitment.
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Eric Thompson told an industrial tribunal in Glasgow that he had agreed to make a delivery, hut had overlooked his girlfriend's arrangements that fell on the same day. When he told the firm of the problem Thompson had the keys taken away from him and he was told "right, that's us finished-, which he took to
mean the end of his employment. Thompson had worked for the company for five years.
The company did not attend the tribunal, which awarded Thompson £1,352.62 compensation for unfair dismissal.
The tribunal also awarded him £295.08 for the firm's failure to provide written reasons for his dismissal. It had been asked to provide written reasons but had failed to respond.
The tribunal also ordered the firm to pay Thompson £11.62 for work carried out and £1 that had been deducted for cleaning.