A company is entitled to make decisions in the best interests of the company - Which is generally.......preserve the bottom line.
Please let us see the next episode in this case US friends ! It could be significant in terms of how Labour Law is used in this case.
The company has already gone the extra mile in finding him the alternative post -
He has made a lot of unsubstantiated claims and he is going to find it hard to bring Substance to that.
You can make all sorts of requests of your employer but circumstance may mitigate against the employer being able to accede to you requests for all sorts of reasons. Talk about being reasonable before all men!
Would like to get the facts regarding why he clocked - in late ?? Was it for an evening or night shift ? Because if it was for a normal day shift it would be a ludicrous act on his part ! " I was manning a Trolley Cart at the railway station this morning ......its my right to be late !""