Paris: Fired for not being “fun” enough, employee who didn’t like aperitifs gets big check

An incredible story. In 2015, Cubic Partners, a consulting firm, fired one of its employees due to The latter was not “fun and professional” enoughBecause he refused to partake in company aperitifs and condemned the excessive consumption of his colleagues.

They should also be restored

After a long legal battle to denounce this “unfair dismissal”, the employee won his case before the Paris Court of Appeal on 30 January. He must to restore And more will benefit from a generous check amounting to 496,200 euros, reports BFM Business.

The employee’s lawyer, Master Olivier Bongrand, elaborated, “We requested the reinstatement of the salary request, as only reinstatement is likely to remedy the attack on the employee’s fundamental rights, private life and freedom of expression.” with our colleagues.

Already a winner before the Court of Cassation

In 2022, “Mr. T” already won the first victory before the Court of Cassation. In her decision, she held that the company could not reprimand an employee for a lack of integration with the company’s “fun and professional” values.

This resulted in “required participation in weekend seminars and drinks, often encouraged excessive alcohol consumption made available by partners in large quantities and encouraged by practices advocated by linking partners, promiscuity, bullying and provocation various excesses and Excess.”

An “aperitif culture” in which the employee refused to participate. In his dismissal letter, he was also accused of disagreeing with the partners’ management practices and criticizing their decisions.

We don’t know if he celebrated the news by opening a bottle or not…

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