Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation

Mongabay
Jan 30, 2025, 12:03 am89 pts
A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal. Gianluca Grimalda has been reducing his air travel since 2010. But in 2023, his employer, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in Germany,…

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