Consistent treatment of minor theft rendered dismissal fair.

The Complainant worked for the Respondent from February 2024 until his dismissal in July 2025. He accepted taking goods before 9 p.m. through a stored transaction completed once the items became free. He maintained that he had worked honestly, described the incident as a lapse and said that he had admitted and apologised for it. The goods were of little value, would otherwise have been discarded and would have become free forty minutes later. He claimed that taking goods after 8 p.m. had been a common practice and referred to a former team leader. He argued that treating the incident as theft and dismissing him had been disproportionate; a warning