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Evening Standard
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Pat Hurst

Driver wrongly sacked because swearing ‘more common in North’, tribunal rules

The employment tribunal ruled that a delivery driver was unfairly dismissed (Peter Byrne PA) - (PA Archive)

A delivery driver was unfairly dismissed from his job an employment tribunal found, after a judge said swearing is more common in the north.

Rob Ogden had worked for wholesalers Booker Ltd in Oldham, Greater Manchester, for seven years when he was sacked after calling a colleague a “f****** mong,” his employment tribunal heard.

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