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Warehouse worker fired after "impersonating Michael Jackson" wins unfair dismissal case

Warehouse worker fired after "impersonating Michael Jackson" wins unfair dismissal case

Rob Beschizza
Aug 30, 2025
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A warehouse worker's habit of making Michael Jackson noises—"hee hee" and "woo" and what have you—got him fired from his warehouse job in Manchester. Or perhaps it was because he was accused of making racist monkey noises at a black colleague. Either way, he won a claim of unfair dismissal at a tribunal and was awarded "more than £10,000" in compe…

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