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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

Wetherspoons worker investigated after using staff discount on family meal gets £25,000 payout

A JD Wetherspoon employee has been awarded more than £25,000 after he was reprimanded and investigated for using his staff discount to pay for a meal with his family. 

Brandon Halstead, a kitchen associate at The Albany Place in Trowbridge, was investigated by his bosses and called to a gross misconduct hearing after he used his staff discount to pay for a meal for seven people, including himself, without realising that the pub chain’s policy only applied to parties of four or less. 

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