西班牙一超市經理因提前上班及擅自加班而被開除

A supermarket manager is suing his former employer after he was fired for working too hard.

一位超市經理在因工作太勤奮而被解僱之後，將前東家告上了法庭。

The man, named only as 'Jean P', had worked for the discount supermarket chain Lidl in Barcelona for 12 years, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

據西班牙《國家報》報道，這名只知道叫做Jean P的男子，曾在巴塞羅那的折扣連鎖超市Lidl工作了12年。

The man often arrived at the supermarket at 5am to check orders and restock shelves so the store was ready when sales workers arrived.

他經常在早上5點到達超市，覈對訂單，擺放貨架，這樣當銷售人員到達時，超市就準備好開門了。

Regional managers reviewed the store's CCTV footage and found that the man often arrived at work an hour and a half before he officially clocked in, the Mirror reported.

據《鏡報》報道，區域經理在檢查超市監控錄像時，發現Jean每天都比正常打卡時間提前一個半小時來上班。

The supermarket chain sacked him for breaching company rules because unpaid overtime is banned.

由於違反了公司規定，這家連鎖超市開除了他，因爲加班不付加班費是被禁止的。

The dismissal letter said "every minute worked is paid, and every minute that is worked should be clocked in".

解僱信中這樣寫道：“每分鐘工作都是有償的，只要員工在工作，公司就必須打卡付薪。”

He was also in the supermarket alone, which is against the company's rules.

他還總是獨自一人呆在超市裏，這也是不符合該公司的規定的。

Jean P is suing Lidl for unfair dismissal, with his lawyer arguing in an employment court that the company only benefited from his rule-breaking.

於是，Jean P以不當解僱爲由將Lidl告上了法庭，他的律師在就業法庭上稱，Jean雖然確實違反了公司規定，但公司卻從中受益了。

"He is sanctioned for working too much - something that is unusual - and also for making an effort to get the shop running properly." the lawyer said.

該律師表示：“他因爲工作太努力而被解僱--這確實不太正常--他其實也是在努力讓公司正常運營。”