Apple’s investigation, before firing Timothy Jeffries who worked as a “genius” at its store in White City, was “poor and incomplete,” an employment tribunal judge said. Apple didn’t have a zero tolerance policy in place around discrimination and harassment, which it wanted to impose for the dismissal, according to the ruling published this week. “In this case there was ample evidence that there was a culture in the repair room which embraced explicit language and some jokes which may be considered inappropriate, whether they referred to race or other sensitive issues,” the judge said.

Source: News 24 June 21, 2024 13:34 UTC