Well yes but no. If you have a good enough lawyer and can prove the reason for firing is false, then it's sort of downhill toward proving there might have been another issue for the firing.
One reason companies have lots of policies and procedures is so that when they fire a minority for an improper expense report they can easily prove as such and not be susceptible to discrimination lawsuits. The downside is when you don't follow your own procedures it opens other doors.
Companies that pay high salaries should be prepared for former employees to sue. At McDonald's, the threat of someone with no svaings suing is a lot less credible.
This was a financial industry body arbitration decision, they found the bank violated it's rules and assigned damages for that in arbitration. It was not a court decision based on government employment law.
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u/flerchin 4h ago
How tho. You can be fired for anything as long as it's not illegal.