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Iceland offers job to Waitrose worker sacked for tackling shoplifter
Customers are threatening to take their business elsewhere after the retailer said staff should not confront thieves, citing safety risks.
- Walker Smith, a Waitrose employee for 17 years, was fired after tackling a shoplifter trying to steal Easter eggs.
- Iceland's executive chairman Lord Richard Walker offered Smith a job, stating: "You're welcome to a job with us. We even share the same name."
- The Conservatives urged Waitrose to reinstate Smith, but the company stated he broke rules designed to protect staff from "serious danger to life.
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An employee at a British supermarket chain has been fired for stopping a shoplifter from stealing from a store, citing a breach of company policy to protect employees and customers. But he won't be out of a job for long, as a rival company has immediately made an offer.
Walker Smith, who had been employed for 17 years in a supermarket of the brand Waitrose, was dismissed after trying to prevent a thief from stealing Easter chocolates a little too violently.
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 23%
R 31%
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