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A manager who produced an "offensive" and factually incorrect template letter when her employer enquired about her coronavirus vaccination status was unfairly sacked due to procedural deficiencies.

In September last year, Baxter & Co texted the manager of its Tamworth shoe store asking how she and the staff were going "with covid vaccinations".

The manager replied that she was still "sitting on the fence" and would shortly send through a letter "prepared apparently by a firm of solicitors". That letter requested the employer:

• provide details and assurances that COVID vaccinations had been "fully, independently and rigorously tested" against control groups;
• furnish a "full list" of the vaccinations' contents and whether any were toxic; and
• advise on all of the adverse reactions associated with vaccination...