不公平解聘案例

1、AustraliaBritishteacherwinsunfairdismissalcaseoveruseoff-wordonworksheetABritishteacherwhowasfiredbyaSydneycollegebecausehegaveaclasstoadultstudentsaboutthef-wordhaswonhiscaseforunfairdismissalafterhearguedthathewastryingtoteachhispupilshownottousetheswearword.ByBonnieMalkin,Sydney5:23PMBST13Apr2011

2、LukeWebsterlosthisjobatMercuryCollegeswhenitemergedthathehadhandednon-Englishspeakingstudentsaworksheetthataskedthemtoconsideriftheswearwordwasbeingusedasaverboranouninseveraldifferentsentences.Whentheunorthodoxteachingmethodcametolight,themanagementofthecollegewasappalled,tellingMrWebsterinhisdismi

3、ssalletterthat:Wearenotinthebusinessofteachingprofanity.AndrewWaters,thedirectorofstudiesatthetime,saidthematerialwashighlyoffensiveandconstitutedgrossmisconductthatwouldnotbeconsideredacceptableatthecollegeoranyworkplaceinAustralia.Afterhewasfiredin2009,MrWebster,whohadlivedandworkedinSydneyfortwoy

4、ears,wasforcedtoreturntoBritainbecausehistemporaryvisabecameinvalidwhenhewasunemployed.ButhedecidedtofightthedecisionfromBritain,givingevidenceattheunfairdismissaltribunalviavideolinkfromNottingham.RelatedArticlesTeacherfiredforimposingdisciplinewinsemploymenttribunal29Aug2010Teacherpursuesseven-yea

5、rbattletoreturntoclassroomafterbeingacquittedofsexualassault14Jan2011Inhissubmission,MrWebsterarguedthattheworksheetwasdesignedtoexplainwhenthewordisoffensiveandwhenitisnot,andtoencouragestudentstoexercisecaution.Hesaidtherewasnoevidenceanystudentshadcomplainedaboutthelessonandhewas,infact,teachingt

6、hemhownottousethef-word.Hesaidtheexercisetookupnomorethan20minutesinatwo-hourlesson.Attheendofthelesson,Ipointedoutthatnon-nativespeakersshouldnotusethef-wordthemselves,hesaidinawrittensubmission.Inactuality,IwasteachingthehighleveladultstudentshowNOTtousethef-word,whichisntcleartomanystudentswhohav

7、enativeEnglishspeakingfriends,orwatchHollywoodmovies,andwhotendtooverusetheword.ThetribunalfoundMrWebstersuseoftheswearwordduringthelessonwasavalidreasonforhissacking,butruledthathewasnotgivenanopportunitytorespondtothecollegesclaimthathehadbehavedinappropriately.LeaDrake,thetribunalsseniordeputypre

8、sident,saidthesackingwasharsh,unjustandunreasonable.MrWebstersconductdidnotjustifyterminationofemploymentwithoutnotice,shesaid,addingthathecouldbeentitledtoacompensationpayout.盧克韋伯斯特丟了他的工作，當(dāng)它出現(xiàn)在水星院校，他把不講英語的學(xué)生一個(gè)工作表，要求他們，告訴他信先生解雇韋伯斯特所說:“我們不是在考慮如果發(fā)誓的話被用作動(dòng)詞或名詞在幾個(gè)不同的句子。當(dāng)不同尋常的教學(xué)方法來光、管理學(xué)院非常震驚商業(yè)教學(xué)的褻瀆?！卑驳卖?shù)乃?/p>

9、域，導(dǎo)演的時(shí)候說，研究材料是一種極其無禮的說法”，構(gòu)成“嚴(yán)重失職而不被認(rèn)為是可以接受的在大學(xué)”或者任何工作場所在澳大利亞”。之后，在2009年，他被解雇了，先生。韋伯斯特在悉尼住，并在那里工作了兩年，被迫返回英國，因?yàn)樗呐R時(shí)簽證作廢了的時(shí)候，他是失業(yè)。但他決心戰(zhàn)勝了來自英國，拿出證據(jù)來決定在不公平解雇的法庭通過視頻連接從諾丁漢。韋伯先生在他投降，認(rèn)為在工作表中被設(shè)計(jì)來解釋“當(dāng)這個(gè)詞是進(jìn)攻，當(dāng)它不是，并鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生應(yīng)該謹(jǐn)慎”。他說，沒有證據(jù)顯示任何學(xué)生都抱怨對這節(jié)課，他是，事實(shí)上，教導(dǎo)他們“怎么不使用的前面。他說，鍛煉拿起不超過20分鐘，在兩小時(shí)的課。“到了最后一課，我指出非英語母語人士不應(yīng)使用自己的前面，他說，在一份書面提交。“實(shí)際上,我教高水平的成人學(xué)生如何不去使用的前面,這還不清楚許多學(xué)生講英語的朋友,或者看好萊塢電影,并傾向于過度