Lidl worker fired for eating expired cake

An employee of a Lidl supermarket in Jambes (Belgium) was dismissed for serious misconduct in mid-March 2022. She had worked in this company for nineteen years.

After feeling unwell in the store's reserves, she had eaten an expired biscuit.

Behavior qualified as theft by management despite the employee's medical certificate, indicates

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An agreement but no reinstatement

“This lady felt unwell and had to take something sweet quickly.

For us, the sanction which was decided by the management is unacceptable, ”assured the permanent secretary Setca Commerce to

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The union had called for the store to be blocked on Monday April 4, 2022 in an attempt to "relaunch consultation and obtain justice for this worker".

He wanted her to be reinstated in the company.

An agreement has been reached between the store management and the employee, according to the unions and the regional management of the supermarket.

“However, the exact content of our agreement will not be communicated for the sake of confidentiality,” explained the spokesperson for Lidl in Belgium.

According to union sources interviewed by

, the employee could not be reinstated.

The management would have agreed to withdraw the reason for “serious misconduct”.

The employee will thus be able to keep her rights and unemployment benefits, specify our colleagues.

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