A warehouse worker with a bad back who was sacked after being filmed 'dancing' was only shuffling from foot to foot, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Neil Wilson, who also worked as a reggae DJ and music producer, began working for a plastic piping company in 2021, the hearing was told.
But the following year, he was signed off sick following an accident at work.
He applied for company insurance payouts, stating: 'I cannot perform any action which requires lifting of weight or stretching or exerting my body in any manner or I feel a lot of pain.'
Mr Wilson told the firm, Aliaxis UK Ltd, which owns the warehouse near Maidstone in Kent, he suffered back pain 'approximately one hour after rising'. He also stated he had difficulty sleeping and struggled with walking at times.
