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Worker fired for triggering fire alarm by vaping gets ₹27 lakh payout from Nestlé in UK
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
An employment tribunal in UK has awarded a compensation of £22,000 (around ₹27 lakh) to a worker, calling his termination by Nestlé "not justified". Luke Billings had allegedly lost his job after his vaping in a disabled toilet triggered the fire alarm, causing a complete evacuation of the company's factory and halting production. Billings maintained he wasn't vaping.
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