Employee dismissed for smoking at work loses Tribunal claim

A man who was dismissed for smoking “an inch or so” within his workplace has lost his unfair dismissal claim.

John Smith was dismissed from his job as a tyre finisher at a Michelin factory in Dundee four days before Christmas last year, an Employment Tribunal heard.

A supervisor spotted Smith smoking beside an open fire door in a locker room. There was a "no smoking" sign on the door, and the factory had become "smoke free" in March 2006 when the Scottish... (168 more words)

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