Dismissed after a photo of him asleep, a garbage collector sues his employer

A cleaning officer, sacked in 2018 for a photo of him posted without his knowledge on the Internet while he was asleep in work clothes, challenges his dismissal Tuesday before the industrial tribunal of Créteil. Since 2011, Adama Cissé, 37, has collected waste from street bins in Paris.

In September 2018 during one of his tours, he stopped "to take a break", explains his lawyer Joachim Scavello, confirming information from the Parisian. Suffering from foot pain after a fracture, he takes off his shoes, continues his lawyer.

"We understand why Paris is so disgusting"

On Twitter, a user then posts a photo where we see Adama Cisse lying on a window sill, in his green and neon yellow outfit of cleaning agent, barefoot and visibly asleep. "This is what the local taxes of Parisians are used to pay the cleaning agents to snooze, we understand why Paris is so disgusting," comments this user.

Tonight at 5:40 pm rue Jean Lantier 75001 Paris ... this is what the local taxes of Parisians are used to pay for cleaning agents to be asleep, we understand why Paris is so disgusting @maopeninou @JF_Legaret @GG_RMC @JJBourdin_RMC @BFMTV # cleanliness # paris #mairiedeparis pic.twitter.com/3uTLfTC6qT

Adama Cissé is then summoned by his employer Derichebourg, who resumed his contract in 2015. A month later, in October 2018, he was dismissed for "serious misconduct", according to the request before the Labor Court that AFP was able to consult. "This attitude revealing your desire to doze off during your service was the subject of a severe complaint from our client", justifies the company. Derichebourg also responded directly to the user on Twitter: “Derichebourg Environnement does not endorse this type of behavior on the part of its employees. The person who appears in the photo is subject to disciplinary proceedings, ”he said.

The employer "hits very, very hard, for not much," denounces Adama Cissé's lawyer. “We don't dispute the photo, but there is a context behind it. He was on break, not on work time, ”said Mr. Scavello. In addition to "the not very pleasant public proportions" that the case took by being posted on social networks, "the question that arises is: can we use a photo taken without the knowledge of someone during a period of break to fire him? He also asks. The decision is expected to be taken under advisement at the end of the hearing on Tuesday afternoon.

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