Worker with bad back who was fired after bosses saw him ‘dancing’ was actually just shuffling from foot to foot, tribunal rules
An employment court decided, after the ‘dance’ withdrawal, a bad -back warehouse worker who was dismissed was only lifted up.
The hearing said Neil Wilson, who also worked as Reggae DJ and music producer, started to work for a plastic pipe company in 2021.
However, the following year, he was signed as a patient after an accident at work.
The company applied for payments: ‘I cannot perform any action that requires any stretching or stretching or application of my body in any way, or I feel very painful’.
Mr. Wilson, Aliaxis UK Ltd, which has a warehouse near Maidstone in Kent, said that he suffered from back pain about an hour after the rise. He also stated that he had difficulty sleeping and struggled to walk from time to time.
However, the company’s Human Resources Director Joanne Askham said to the court that Mr. Wilson was ‘very worried’ after he served his social media duties.
One photo showed him that he was lying in a vest on a beach, and the other showed that he was leaning on a railing and drinking, which ‘does not show that he is in a certain pain’, the hearing in Ashford.
Music videos also showed Mr. Wilson that he was ‘moving freely’.
A bad -back warehouse worker who was dismissed after being ‘Dance’ film was only mixed up from his feet, an employment court directed (stock photo)
Neil Wilson, Aliaxis UK Ltd, which has a warehouse near Maidstone in Kent, said that he suffered back by ‘about an hour after the rise’.
Askham concluded that Mr. Wilson, known as DJ Reggae Vibes, was ‘a fraudster’ and canceled insurance payments.
However, the company decided not to take any action on alleged fraud. Instead, the bosses told Mr. Wilson in June 2023 because they did not believe that his situation would develop enough to return to work.
But Judge Sean Jones said his music video came to us [the tribunal panel] rhythmically move from foot to feet.
“ Is not a meaningful sense of dance. From the video, you cannot say that it is someone who suffers from a long -term problem with back pain. ‘
The court decided that Mr. Wilson had been unjustly rejected, because the firm was not thinking of making insurance payments as old after concluding that it was not suitable for work.
He also said that he was not given an appropriate opportunity to refute his allegations against him.
