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    Accountants’ secretary wins blog sacking tribunal

    Accountants' secretary wins blog sacking tribunal

    Accounting firm's secretary who was sacked for writing a blog wins her tribunal case

    Author Writer Date published March 29, 2007 Categories

    A secretary sacked from an accountancy firm for writing a blog has won her
    tribunal case for unfair dismissal.

    Catherine Sanderson was sacked from the Paris office of accountants
    Dixon Wilson after
    the firm claimed her blog,
    petiteanglaise.com
    , had brought its reputation into disrepute.

    The blog was written under a pseudonym about her life in the French capital,
    and rarely mentioned work, she claimed.

    A Paris tribunal in Paris upheld her complaint and awarded Sanderson €44,000
    (£29,900) damages – equivalent to a year’s wages – plus legal costs. Dixon
    Wilson will also have to repay the French government unemployment benefit she
    claimed after her dismissal, reported The Guardian.

    Further reading:

    UK blogger dismissal a warning to firms

    Institute member uses Izza blog to issue minimum wage
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    Profile: Philip Woodgate – Goodman
    Jones

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