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njs12345 on Jan 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How should I deal with an employee who has slept w...

The UK has restrictions on why you can fire people (unlike CA which is at will), but they're largely quite fair (IMO). See https://www.gov.uk/dismissal/overview

martythemaniak on Jan 10, 2013 [–]

According to that link you can be fired for "Gross Misconduct", which seems about right in this case.

ramtamtam on Jan 10, 2013 | [–]

I don't see how screwing around has anything to do with professional conduct.

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