Calling your boss a d--k is not a sackable offence – so long as you only do it once, a court has ruled. The court in Madrid said that an employee of a smoked fish company should not have been fired for calling his manager a “gilipollas”, a common Spanish insult that loosely translates to “stupid d--k” or “moron”. For the court, the decisive factor was that the insult was “isolated” and therefore his bad behaviour was “not sufficiently serious” to merit a dismissal. Only the repeated use of offensive language would demonstrate that “a serious and culpable breach” of labour rules had occurred. The frank exchange came about when the employee was informed by his manager that there was a meeting he must attend at 2.55pm, five minutes before the end of his shift. The employee said that he would not be attending and made it clear that he intended to leave the office. When his manager warned him that he would be punished for doing so, the employee retorted before slamming the door: “Let’s see if you dare, you d--k!” The employee, who had been sanctioned by the company on previous occasions, received a letter of dismissal, against...