Is “Stealing” Chips Fair Accommodation?
*This article appeared in HRM Online on April 28, 2014 and quotes Lorenzo Lisi.
A leading legal expert is suggesting the kind of zero-tolerance policy that saw a cashier fired for "grazing" food from the shelf is unenforceable and points to overzealous supervision.
“Zero tolerance policies are never absolute," Lorenzo Lisi, a partner with Aird & Berlis LLP, told HRM. "If there was a reason for that conduct, especially considering the disability, the termination would not be upheld.”
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