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Worker unlawfully fired for eating snack otherwise headed to trash

Rob Beschizza
Nov 21, 2024
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Mercadona, a supermarket in Spain, illegally fired a worker who ate a deep-fried snack that was headed to the trashcan after the store close for the day. A court in Barcelona upheld an earlier ruling criticizing the company and it must reinstate the worker and give him $41,800 in lost earnings.

The company's policy is that workers are prohibited from con…

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