The Telegraph (UK) incenses with Compensation for Sept 11 sackings:
Two cleaners who were sacked after disrupting a silent tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks by throwing paper planes have each been awarded £7,000 compensation.
Arshad Ali and Aqeel Khan were dismissed for gross misconduct after enraging colleagues during the two-minute tribute but took their case against their employer to an industrial tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal.
The tribunal was due to meet next year but the pair were offered, and accepted, an out-of-court settlement.
While most staff at the Land Rover plant in Solihull, West Midlands, stood in silence, Mr Ali and Mr Khan were said to have jeered, made jibes and made paper planes, which they threw around.
Their actions angered other staff so much that they had to be escorted off the site by a senior manager. They were sacked from the contract cleaner Commando shortly after.
