Ringing bus driver not back in service – Telegraaf.nl

ARNHEM –

Public transport company Hermes had a 60-year-old bus driver from Arnhem, who was on the phone during a journey should not dismiss offhand. But the company does not have to hire him back. The court in Arnhem certain Friday that his employment was terminated because of a breach of trust right

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The driver was warned once before he could not call behind the wheel and could not smoke in the bus. He initially denied that he had called, but camera images showed that it were. A passenger twittered during the ride “driver of this bus also called handheld stop around Rijnhal! I would almost think that some drivers also ebbs stupid ‘, followed by a second tweet: “For the avoidance of doubt. When the bus drove

The Arnhemmer previously said in court that he did not call himself could remember and also objected to the use of the cameras’ images without permission. But the importance of public transport company Hermes at the truth in this case outweighs the privacy of the driver. Dismissal was the Subdistrict Court, however, an excessive sanction in view include his long service and age.

The court finds it understandable that public transport company Hermes has lost faith “in a fruitful continuation of the employment “. Because the breach of trust is entirely attributable to the bus driver, he gets no severance

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