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Court says McDonald's is wrong to fire worker over cheese slice
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by mudricky | January 26, 2010 at 03:24 pm
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A worker of a Dutch McDonald's has been awarded €4,200 (£3,600, $5,900) by a court after being sacked for putting on an extra cheese slice on a hamburger.
She gave a colleague on a break a more expensive cheese burger instead of the hamburger she had paid for
But the court ruled that her sacking was "was too severe a measure." and that "it is just a slice of cheese."
The court said she should have been giving a written warning.
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The worker was fired at a McDonald's branch in the northern town of Lemmer in March last year but McDonald's maintained she had broken the rules and they state that the company prohibits any free gifts to family, friends or colleagues.
A McDonald's outlet in the Netherlands was wrong to sack an employee for giving a colleague a piece of cheese on a hamburger, a court has ruled.The waitress was fired last March after she sold a hamburger to a co-worker who then asked for cheese, which she added.
The fast-food chain argued this turned the hamburger into a cheeseburger, and so she should have charged more.
But Leeuwarden district court ruled a written warning would have been more appropriate.
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at 16:43 on January 26th, 2010
Firing should be reserved for times they put haggis on a burger, in lieu of the cheese!
at 18:37 on January 26th, 2010
...........and therein lies the problem!
at 20:55 on January 26th, 2010
This is so weird
at 21:25 on January 26th, 2010
She should have been fired. Theft is theft, this is just a time when they caught her stealing something small, who know how much other stuff she stole. The reality is she did not follow rules would be want someone that is handling our food to be a person that doesn't follow rules? She is supposed to was her hands after she takes a dump, would you want a burger from her knowing she doesn't follow rules and might very well be skipping the hand washing... after all its only a little water. I think McDonalds should appeal and if they lose close the stores in protest let the government see if losing hundreds of jobs is worth backing up an employee that steals.