'I was sacked during lockdown, which was devastating': Cancer centre boss awarded nearly £23,000 in unfair dismissal tribunal
direct to your inboxThe former manager of Maggie's Cancer Centre has been awarded nearly £23,000 after an employment tribunal ruled she was dismissed unfairly by her employer.Sinead Collins, 55, of Audenshaw, was the centre head of Maggie's Manchester from November 2015, in the months before it opened, to April 2020, when she was dismissed for 'gross misconduct'.But the nurse has now been awarded £22,982.40 following a two day hearing after which judge Joanne Dunlop ruled Miss Collin's claim of unfair dismissal was 'well founded' and that the procedure around it had been 'fundamentally flawed'.The award was reduced by 20 per cent on account of the claimant’s 'culpable conduct', which was found by the judge to be 'limited'.Before joining the