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Violent act deserved dismissal, but managers unaware of key step in disciplinary process
A worker who was sacked after using both self-defence and unnecessary force to restrain a violent client has been awarded compensation, with a commission finding he wasn't alerted to an internal appeals process prior to his dismissal.
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