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How a Banned Rice Cooker Cost a Welsh University £264,442

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Peak Ong, a 72-year-old cleaner at Aberystwyth University in Wales, won £264,442.09 from the school after a dispute that started with a banned rice cooker ended in her firing and…
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How a banned rice cooker cost a Welsh university £264,442

Peak Ong, a 72-year-old cleaner at Aberystwyth University in Wales, won £264,442.09 from the school after a dispute that started with a banned rice cooker ended in her firing and…

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Retaliatory reference in rice cooker dispute rinses university of £264k

Aberystwyth University has been ordered to pay a former part-time cleaner £264,000 after it unfairly dismissed her. The post Retaliatory reference in rice cooker dispute rinses university of £264k appeared first on Personnel Today.

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Aberystwyth University ordered to pay £264,442 to unfairly sacked cleaner

Aberystwyth University has been ordered to pay out more than £250,000 to a former cleaner for an “irresponsible and retaliatory” reference given to Ceredigion County Council where she sought work after being unfairly sacked.

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