A Valleys baker who'd worked at the same branch of Morrisons for almost 20 years has claimed he was dismissed from his job whilst recovering at home from cancer surgery. Wayne Studley had long been a familiar face at the supermarket chain's Ebbw Vale store when he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in August 2021.
The 63-year-old from Tredegar, who has been in the bakery trade ever since he was a teenager, said he started noticing something was wrong when he developed problems swallowing last summer. And, after being told the shock news, he then underwent a barrage of tests and treatment.
This included gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy, before a lengthy operation to remove his entire gullet - the long tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach - took place in January this year. However, during that period Wayne said he was repeatedly called by his employers to ask when they could expect him back at work, the first of which came before his surgery had even been scheduled.
