BBC News | Disabled man spied upon by bosses wins £300k payout

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Alan Jones, a 59‑year‑old disabled worker at Pilkington UK Ltd, was wrongfully dismissed after the company hired a surveillance firm to monitor him, his wife and daughter on suspicion that he was working while on sick leave for a radiation‑induced neuropathy caused by past cancer treatment. A tribunal found the dismissal unfair and discriminatory, leading Pilkington to agree to pay Jones £329,000 in damages and lost earnings following a six‑year legal battle supported by the Unite union. Jones, who had been with the firm since 1983, described the ordeal as a betrayal and likened the loss of his job to “a death in the family,” but expressed relief that justice had been served and emphasized that the compensation was about principle rather than money.

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