Off for 218 Days but Sacked Driver Defends Record

Evening Standard - London › March 11, 2004

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THE Tube train driver sacked after being caught playing squash while on sick leave with an injured ankle today defended his attendance record - despite being off work for 218 days in five years.

Chris Barrett, who had been off work after suffering insomnia and stress, told an employment tribunal he thought his sacking was particularly harsh considering his "entirely clear attendance record".

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Off for 218 Days but Sacked Driver Defends Record

But the 30-year-old, whose dismissal sparked a 24-hour strike on the Tube last year, ad...

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