A BMW assembly worker has been handed £17,000 in compensation after he was fired for going into Burger King during his shift. Ryan Parkinson was working as an operative on the assembly line at a BMW factory in Oxford when he apparently 'disappeared' for almost an hour while working some overtime.
It's alleged that Mr Parkinson did not make his superiors aware that he was leaving but he strongly disputes this. He was consequently sacked following a disciplinary investigation into the incident, the Mirror reports.
Mr Parkinson received his job back after an appeal but when he left again without permission to collect sandwiches from his car, he was fired for a second time. He claimed race-related harassment, race discrimination and victimisation but these were all dismissed in the case.
