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Football fans can be rejected from job if they support rival team, UK judge says

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An employment judge has ruled that people can legally be rejected from a job if they support a rival football team to existing staff. Judge Daniel Wright said employers were entitled to base recruitment choices on whether an incoming colleague could "damage office harmony" by not supporting the same team.
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The judge defended footballist differences as likely to break the "harmonization of a company". Example was given in a case of alleged cultural discrimination in candidacy because he did not like to "go to the pub".

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A judge from the United Kingdom decided that employees have the right to refuse job candidates if they support a rival football team in front of the majority of the company.The decision, considered a...

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Upstract broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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