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Conducto lost fare

30th June 1978, Page 22
30th June 1978
Page 22
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

IT WAS just 4.30pm on E cember 6 last year wh, William Laird drove his W( tern SMT bus into Kilmarno bus station.

There, he picked up passengers for Ayr and distr and was preparing to set , when an inspector boarded.

The inspector found o woman passenger to be wil out a ticket for which she h paid. And because of the I mistake, William Laird w sacked.

Mistake

Late in April, an indust: tribunal in Glasgow heard 1 case, and last week, West( SMT was ordered to pay Laird compensation for unfair dismissal.

The tribunal's statemE read: "The bus driver w sacked for what was clain by Western SMT as deliber misappropriation of a 15p fa "William Laird, of Kilw ning, contended that he 1made an honest mistake E. claimed reinstatement, I later settled for compensat and a fair written referet from his former employer, Western SMT, Kilmarnock, the grounds that he was I fairly dismissed."

Record

Mr Laird has been a 1 driver for 25 years, the last of which have been spent v, Western SMT. His record A good until the dismissal I since then, he has been una to find another job. approached one or two c( panies," he said, "but with a reference I stood no char(