Australia: Employee sacked for using Hitler meme gets $143,100 in compensation

An employee in an Australian refinery who was sacked last year for mocking manment using rewned meme of Adolf Hitler has w been rewarded with over $143,100 in compensation. According to reports, BP Plc had fired a technician Scott Tracey from its Kwinana refinery in Perth, Western Australia back in January 2019 for violating code of conduct of company.  

This was after he posted a clip in Facebook group of staff using a scene from German movie Downfall, showing Hitler ranting at edge of losing World War II. He had shared a video which reportedly appeared to mock his bosses’ handling of w negotiations.

However, Tracey had appealed and Fair Work Commission ruled earlier this year that he was unjustly fired and paved a way for him to get his job back at refinery. BP had also lost an appeal in Federal Court against FWC filing in May and on Monday, Tracey was awarded $143,100 to cover loss in earnings. In a statement carried by an international ncy, BP said on Tuesday that it was reviewing decision made FWC. 

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video was considered ‘highly offensive’ 

company had said that video was considered ‘highly offensive and inappropriate’ and captions had Hitler as an unnamed BP manr losing calm over workers rejecting pay deal. Tracey had posted video on a Facebook p for BP refinery employees and shared it with his colleagues. According to BP, video in compared senior administration to Nazis and that exhibiting a colleague clip-on BP laptop breached code conduct. 

Meanwhile, Australian Workers Union (AWU) that represented him lauded FWC decision and its Western Australia Secretary Brad Gandy reportedly said that even though money can t compensate ‘unnecessary drama and heartache’ that Tracey went through, it is still satisfactory. Apart from winning appeal and Tracey getting his job back, Gandy said that y also have w secured money AWU member deserves. 

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(With ncy inputs)

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