{"id":518209,"date":"2022-11-30T02:38:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/french-court-rules-employee-was-wrongfully-fired-for-not-being-fun\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T02:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:38:07","slug":"french-court-rules-employee-was-wrongfully-fired-for-not-being-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/french-court-rules-employee-was-wrongfully-fired-for-not-being-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"#French court rules employee was wrongfully fired for not being &#8216;fun&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289a21e2641\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289a21e2641\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/french-court-rules-employee-was-wrongfully-fired-for-not-being-fun\/#%E2%80%9CFrench_court_rules_employee_was_wrongfully_fired_for_not_being_%E2%80%98fun%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;French court rules employee was wrongfully fired for not being &#8216;fun&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;French court rules employee was wrongfully fired for not being &#8216;fun'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A French court ruled that a man was wrongly fired for not participating in the company\u2019s \u201cfun\u201d activities that often involved heavy partying and bullying.<\/p>\n<p>The employee, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/juri\/id\/JURITEXT000046555948?init=true&amp;page=5&amp;query=&amp;searchField=ALL&amp;tab_selection=juri\">identified in court documents<\/a> as Mr. T, was fired by Cubik Partners in 2015 for not integrating the \u201cfun &amp; pro\u201d value of the company into his work life. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. T, who was a director and four-year employee at the consulting firm, skipped seminars and weekend events that typically involved \u201cexcessive alcoholism\u201d and \u201cpractices advocated by the associates linking promiscuity, bullying and incitement to various excesses,\u201d the filing states.<\/p>\n<p>The culture at the company was more humiliating than fun, Mr. T argued. <\/p>\n<p>Employees engaged in \u201cmock sexual acts\u201d and were expected to share beds with coworkers on seminar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s. It was common practice for employees to use crude nicknames with one another and to post distorted, \u201cmade-up\u201d photos in the offices.<\/p>\n<p>Cubik terminated Mr. T for sitting on the sidelines of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> events and for his rigid and brittle attitude toward his coworkers. The company alleged Mr. T took a demotivating tone toward subordinates and refused to listen to his colleagues, especially if their viewpoints differed from his. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/france-drinking-coworkers-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People drinking cocktails and beer on a Paris bistro terrace\" class=\"wp-image-24833987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/france-drinking-coworkers-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/france-drinking-coworkers-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/france-drinking-coworkers-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A French man was fired for not participating in his company\u2019s social activities.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/cubik-partners.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Outside of the headquarters listed for Cubik Partners.\" class=\"wp-image-24834004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/cubik-partners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/cubik-partners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/cubik-partners.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mr. T was fired from Cubik Partners after spending four years at the firm.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Google Maps<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Court of Cassation ruled that Mr. T was entitled to both his perceived bad attitude and missing social work events.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. T was entitled to \u201cfreedom of expression\u201d under labor and human rights laws and was under no obligation to participate in Cubik Partners\u2019 social activities, the court said. 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The employee, identified in court documents as Mr. T, was fired by Cubik Partners in 2015 for not integrating&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/france-drinking-coworkers-04.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[136380,71434,32232,5031],"class_list":["post-518209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-29-22","tag-courts","tag-france","tag-the-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}