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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
World
Tim Hanlon & Ramazani Mwamba

Man wins legal right to be 'boring at work' after being fired for refusing to take part in rowdy team building exercises

Office Christmas parties are often known for getting wild. There's always that one person who has a few two many, or the colleagues who perhaps get a little too cosy and wake up the next day full of dread.

For many of us it's a laugh, we go out and we have a good time, but that culture of getting rowdy or drunk isn't everyone's cup of tea - and it's important we remember that this festive season.

Last month, an employee won a long-standing legal case against his boss after he was sacked for being 'too boring'. French consulting firm Cubik Partners dismissed the man - known only as Mr T - for being ‘insufficient professionally’ because he didn't get involved in team building activities with his workmates.

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