Overview

• An Employment Tribunal in Mold ruled the dismissal of Karl Davies from Oscar Mayer unfair and ordered compensation exceeding £16,000.
• Judge Vincent Ryan said the greeting was reprehensible and mocking but not intended to racially harass, with no evidence it had that effect on anyone.
• The probe was led by a manager against whom Davies had an unresolved grievance and relied on inconsistent witness statements and assumptions.
• The tribunal found the company failed to weigh Davies’s 27 years of service and clean disciplinary record when deciding to dismiss him.
• The incident occurred on 13 August 2024 at the Wrexham site as a manager escorted a red‑haired external auditor whom Davies had not seen and who is not believed to be Irish, and the judge said the case was not about wokeness.