‘Dehydrated’ Lidl worker sacked for drinking 17p bottle of water

The employee was sacked after he drank the bottle of water when working on a checkout - (PA Wire)

A Lidl employee was dismissed from his job after drinking a 17p bottle of water because he felt "dehydrated" while working at the checkout, an employment tribunal has heard.

Julian Oxborough, who had served Lidl for more than a decade at its Wincanton store, subsequently had his claim for unfair dismissal rejected by the tribunal.