Worker unlawfully fired for eating snack otherwise headed to trash

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…