French court rules employee was wrongfully fired for not being ‘fun’

A French courtroom dominated that a man was wrongly fired for not taking part within the firm’s “enjoyable” actions that always concerned heavy partying and bullying.

The worker, recognized in courtroom paperwork as Mr. T, was fired by Cubik Companions in 2015 for not integrating the “enjoyable & professional” worth of the corporate into his work life.

Mr. T, who was a director and four-year worker on the consulting agency, skipped seminars and weekend occasions that sometimes concerned “extreme alcoholism” and “practices advocated by the associates linking promiscuity, bullying and incitement to numerous excesses,” the submitting states.

The tradition on the firm was extra humiliating than enjoyable, Mr. T argued.

Workers engaged in “mock sexual acts” and have been anticipated to share beds with coworkers on seminar journeys. It was widespread follow for workers to make use of crude nicknames with each other and to put up distorted, “made-up” images within the places of work.

Cubik terminated Mr. T for sitting on the sidelines of social occasions and for his inflexible and brittle angle towards his coworkers. The corporate alleged Mr. T took a demotivating tone towards subordinates and refused to take heed to his colleagues, particularly if their viewpoints differed from his.

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A French man was fired for not taking part in his firm’s social actions.
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Outside of the headquarters listed for Cubik Partners.
Mr. T was fired from Cubik Companions after spending 4 years on the agency.
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The Courtroom of Cassation dominated that Mr. T was entitled to each his perceived unhealthy angle and lacking social work occasions.

Mr. T was entitled to “freedom of expression” beneath labor and human rights legal guidelines and was beneath no obligation to take part in Cubik Companions’ social actions, the courtroom stated. The corporate’s dissatisfaction together with his angle was merely a criticism of his habits, based on the ruling.

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