I was talking on the phone with my husband last night and he told me that his cousin, who worked as a waiter at one of the hotels in Playa Dorada, was sacked last week. The reason he was sacked was because he "married a tourist which is against the hotel's regulations".
A bit of background - he had worked at the same hotel for around 6 years, and 3 years ago at the hotel he met a Dutch girl who lives in Canada. They started a relationship, and she has visited DR 5 or 6 times a year since then, sometimes staying at the hotel where he worked, sometimes staying elsewhere. Their relationship was fairly common knowledge around the hotel (certainly his immediate line manager knew of it), even though the hotel had a policy of "staff shouldn't fraternise with guests".
Anyway, around 3 months ago they got married and she is now going for residency. The hotel management have found out about this relationship and have sacked him.
Now I know that everything is different in DR, but can they really get away with sacking him?
A bit of background - he had worked at the same hotel for around 6 years, and 3 years ago at the hotel he met a Dutch girl who lives in Canada. They started a relationship, and she has visited DR 5 or 6 times a year since then, sometimes staying at the hotel where he worked, sometimes staying elsewhere. Their relationship was fairly common knowledge around the hotel (certainly his immediate line manager knew of it), even though the hotel had a policy of "staff shouldn't fraternise with guests".
Anyway, around 3 months ago they got married and she is now going for residency. The hotel management have found out about this relationship and have sacked him.
Now I know that everything is different in DR, but can they really get away with sacking him?