May 13, 2008
Ont. Appeal Court to hear case of woman fired from Tim Hortons for stealing toonie
“Our main point of appeal is that a theft is not the mere act of taking money from the till and putting it in the tip cup”
- The case of a pregnant woman who was fired from a Tim Hortons store in Toronto for allegedly stealing a toonie will go to the Ontario Court of Appeal on Wednesday.
Charlene Walsh gets her day in court a week after a single mother of four was fired from a Tim Hortons outlet in London, Ont., for giving a free Timbit to a baby.
Walsh was fired from the Tim Hortons she worked at in June 1999, when she was seven months pregnant.
The franchise managers and owner alleged she stole the $2 coin, but Walsh has maintained she earned the money in tips. Read more
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