Wagamama apologises for ‘No calling in ill!’ show to workers over Christmas

Wagamama has apologised after a manager threatened workers with disciplinary proceed in the event that they known as in ill over Christmas.

A show on a rota on a London branch of the restaurant stated it turned into once up to junior participants of workers to search out colleagues to camouflage in the event that they were unable to manufacture their shift.

The chain stated in a tweet it turned into once an ‘isolated incident’ and turned into once ‘strictly now not firm employment policy’.

The show be taught: ‘No calling in ill! Would possibly possibly possibly maybe I remind you that when it is possible you’ll very successfully be unable to advance to your shift it is a long way your responsibility to search out any individual to camouflage your shift (as per contract and handbook).

‘Calling in ill during the next two weeks will result in disciplinary proceed being taken.’

It provoked outrage on social media when it turned into once shared by Unite Hospitality, a division of the the UK’s biggest commerce union Unite.

In a series of tweets, Wagamama UK wrote: ‘Following reviews of a ogle posted in our North Finchley restaurant we can verify this turned into once an incident and is precisely now not firm employment policy.

‘The manager curious feared group member shortages over the festive interval and regrettably made up our minds to make a selection this extremely abnormal advance.

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‘As a firm we treat all our group with the ideal respect and label and handle the exertions all of them possess.

‘We sincerely apologise for what has took space and we wish all our group participants and customers a really merry christmas and a pleased fresh three hundred and sixty five days.’

Nonetheless Bryan Simpson, a spokesman for Unite Hospitality, is concerned the incident is now not a one-off.

He stated: ‘To threaten workers with disciplinary proceed for being ill is now not faithful morally reprehensible, it would possibly most likely be illegal beneath the Health & Security act and Equality Act because it discriminates in opposition to these with long-time interval bodily and psychological health stipulations.’

He added: ‘Even supposing that is an crude instance, we possess deem that the mutter of ill workers being forced to advance into work is systematic during the firm.

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‘Now we beget heard from workers during the nation that stipulations beget gotten worse and worse.

‘We want to sit down down down with senior managers and know how we can improve stipulations.’

The organisation is currently working a advertising campaign to guarantee that hospitality workers get expedient relaxation breaks, paid transport past midnight and a minimum hour contract.

It’s additionally campaigning for the residing wage, equal pay for younger workers and a advertising campaign to get employers to implement a correct anti-sexual harassment policy.