A 27-year-old autistic man has been let go from his voluntary job at a local supermarket after his mother asked that he be paid for the time he had dedicated to his work.
Tom Boyd had spent the last four years stacking shelves and stocking cages for the U.K. supermarket chain, Waitrose. For the 600+ hours of work he had given to the company, he had not been paid a single penny. Last year, Boyd’s mother, Frances, along with his support worker, approached the supermarket to enquire about him being given a paid position as “recognition for the time, effort and heart” he had put in.
