DISMISSAL
Dismissed over a “racist typo”
An employee has been sacked for sending an e-mail to a colleague which started “Hi Hash brown”. He blamed this on the auto correct facility, but the employer decided it was racially motivated. Can typos be grounds for dismissal?
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