Disabled man spied upon by bosses wins £300k payout
Key takeaways
- In October 2019 he was told the company suspected he had been working while on sick leave and had paid a surveillance firm to watch him.
- A spokesperson for Pilkington UK Ltd said it had conducted an "in-depth review" to ensure the "same mistakes are not repeated".
- "We recognise that we fell short with Mr Jones and we wish him the best for the future," it added.
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Jonny Humphries North West Jonny Humphries/BBCAlan Jones, 59, said losing his job had been "like a death in the family"A disabled man who was wrongly sacked after being spied upon by his bosses said he felt "justice had been done" after his former employer agreed to pay him £329,000 in damages and lost earnings.
Alan Jones, now 59, had been forced to go sick from his team leader role at St Helens glass-making giant Pilkington UK Ltd after developing a chronic and painful condition linked to the side-effects of earlier cancer treatment.
In October 2019 he was told the company suspected he had been working while on sick leave and had paid a surveillance firm to watch him.