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Cinema couple unfairly dismissed

A couple have won a claim for unfair dismissal after they were forced to resign as cinema managers after their relationship became public. The couple were told by their bosses to either split up, resign, or transfer to another cinema. The couple went off work with stress-related illness, and then resigned after their company sick pay was withheld. A tribunal found that they had been unfairly and constructively dismissed.

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