A Jewish lawyer was awarded a payout of over £26,000 in a religious discrimination case after he was sacked for not coming into work during Passover.
Philip Bialick, 43, is forbidden by his religion from working during the first two days of the Jewish holiday, and had booked the time off from his job at NNE Law in Manchester.
The firm is run by Ali Nazokkar, who was a friend of Mr Bialick and had employed him in January 2020 as a litigation executive.
But shortly after the pandemic hit, relations started to go downhill. An employment tribunal heard that Mr Bialick, who lives in Bury, was unable to come into the office for the two weeks leading up to Passover, after developing symptoms of coronavirus. READ MORE: The town where people say parents need to 'get a grip' after kids were banned from Morrisons He received a letter from his boss as his holiday was due to start, informing him he'd be fired if he didn't return to work the next day - as company policy didn't allow him to have more than two weeks off.
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