At Least Some Good Has Come Out Of This Sorry Affair.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382881/Family-got-dinner-lady-fired-accidentally-served-child-gammon-emigrating-Muslim-country.html

[tonyav]

Right emmie, it just doesn't ring true to me, you know not without going through procedure.

[daffy654]

The story from the parents perspective:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/02/alison-waldock-row-muslim-parents-speak_n_3694477.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

[emmie]

always two sides, lets see if the dinner lady takes the matter forward...

[tonyav]

I hope she does, emmie.

[daffy654]

She won't take it further as it seems she may have been doing this sort of thing all the time.

[hc4361]

From the Huff report:

In an interview with the Cambridge News on Wednesday, headteacher Caroline Peet confirmed that the incident was “not a one-off” and had been treated seriously “due to the significant number of children involved”.

The Darrs say they never made a specific complaint about the dinner lady, nor did they ask for her to be sacked. "We just wanted to make sure that it didn't happen again," said Mrs Darr. "I told the school: 'We don't expect you to serve halal to our children, we're happy with the vegetarian option, but if you do serve halal, we want to make sure it is done right.'"

"But there was a full and transparent procedure that Alison went through - as well as an appeals procedure which she lost."

So there was a proper procedure in place. She was sacked fairly.

[tonyav]

as well as an appeals procedure which she lost."

Yes but was that just an internal appeal ?.

[hc4361]

I would have thought so - she was represented by her union rep throughout, though.

[tonyav]

Well I wonder if she would be able to take it further by claiming unfair dismissal.

[hc4361]

I expect she could, if she wanted to. If she has several previous written warnings though, it may be pointless.

[tonyav]

Thats what I was wondering about, how may verbal and written warnings had she had.

[jno]

thanks for that, daffy, I'd been wondering about the other side of the story.

Clearly, there is one, with a lot of significant facts significantly ignored by the Mail.

It sounds as if she'd be mad to take this to a tribunal.