Apple Unfairly Fired a UK Worker Who Was Part Toxic Work Culture, Judge Says
- London store worker was fired after making racist comments
- Apple was investigating the workplace culture, judge says
Apple Inc. unfairly fired an employee for making racist comments that were part of a toxic workplace culture at one of its London stores, according to a UK court ruling.
Apple’s investigation, before firing Timothy Jeffries who worked as a “genius” at its store in White City, was “poor and incomplete,” an employment tribunal judge said. Apple didn’t have a zero tolerance policy in place around discrimination and harassment, which it wanted to impose for the dismissal, according to the ruling published this week.