Beauty and the Geek...
Colin, Jacelle, Adam and Gilbert. Pic: Channel 7 Source: The Daily Telegraph
Vanda Carson, The Daily Telegraph, reports
A Beauty and the Geek contestant who lasted just three episodes before he was voted off, has got his job back after he was sacked.
Adam Marshall was working as a weather observer for the Bureau of
Meteorology in Ballarat, Victoria before he appeared on the show with paired a
former Miss FHM Australia, Emma Ceolin.
He was sacked in July last year after he didn’t turn up to work.
His sacking came after he took three months sick leave claiming he was suffering from anxiety and fatigue caused by work stress from his colleagues and the prospect of moving to Brisbane in July to take up a posting with the weather bureau.
His doctor gave him medical certificates for the three months sick leave, claiming the isolation of working at a Brisbane weather observation station might make his anxiety worse.
He was sacked in July last year after he didn’t turn up to work.
His sacking came after he took three months sick leave claiming he was suffering from anxiety and fatigue caused by work stress from his colleagues and the prospect of moving to Brisbane in July to take up a posting with the weather bureau.
His doctor gave him medical certificates for the three months sick leave, claiming the isolation of working at a Brisbane weather observation station might make his anxiety worse.
His doctor also said taking
part in filming of the ‘Beauty and the Geek’ might be good for his mental
health.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ruled the bureau should give him his $75,000 a year job back, even though the bureau argued he might be made redundant.
Federal Magistrate, Dominica Whelan, said in her decision that she could see why Marshall “was considered to be a suitable candidate for ‘Beauty and the Geek’.”
He “impressed me as somewhat young for his age,” she noted.
Magistrate Whelan found that Marshal “clearly was not frank with the producers of ‘Beauty and the Geek’” in telling them about his anxiety and fatigue “because he was embarrassed by his condition and did not want to jeopardise his chances of being selected for the show”.
“That does not, however, mean that the symptoms he exhibited to Dr Thomson and Dr McEwan were a charade.”
The court heard allegations that Marshall had taken sick leave to travel interstate to watch a football match.
The Federal Magistrates Court has ruled the bureau should give him his $75,000 a year job back, even though the bureau argued he might be made redundant.
Federal Magistrate, Dominica Whelan, said in her decision that she could see why Marshall “was considered to be a suitable candidate for ‘Beauty and the Geek’.”
He “impressed me as somewhat young for his age,” she noted.
Magistrate Whelan found that Marshal “clearly was not frank with the producers of ‘Beauty and the Geek’” in telling them about his anxiety and fatigue “because he was embarrassed by his condition and did not want to jeopardise his chances of being selected for the show”.
“That does not, however, mean that the symptoms he exhibited to Dr Thomson and Dr McEwan were a charade.”
The court heard allegations that Marshall had taken sick leave to travel interstate to watch a football match.
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