"Lawyers have argued that an alleged "informal and somewhat vulgar working environment" at tech giant Apple meant a worker should not have been sacked after a colleague complained about him talking about "tramps" and "whores" in Portuguese."
"Under cross-examination, a manager at Apple questioned whether another worker referring to the complainant as a "fluffy puffy" could be compared to someone being called a "whore"."
Lawyers argued that an alleged informal and somewhat vulgar working environment at Apple meant a worker should not have been dismissed after a colleague complained about him talking about 'tramps' and 'whores' in Portuguese. The claim presented the workplace culture as permissive of coarse language, suggesting the language use fit within existing norms. During cross-examination, an Apple manager questioned whether the use of the term 'fluffy puffy' directed at the complainant was comparable to someone being called a 'whore', highlighting debate over relative severity and context of language. The case centers on interpretation of workplace language norms and proportionality of dismissal.
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