I was sacked for being TOO FAT two hours after starting my new job… I had just moved my family 2,000 miles

A MAN has been sacked for being too fats two hours after beginning his new job - and had simply moved his household 2,000 miles.

Aussie dad Hamish Griffin and his spouse and younger son now face being left "homeless" after he was sacked for being obese - despite the fact that his employer had seen a photograph of him beforehand.

Hamish Griffin moved his whole household to begin his dream job... solely to be fired two days in

Big4 Strahan Vacation Retreat claimed Hamish would not have been in a position to perform his duties

Hamish posted in regards to the "heartbreak and embarrassment" of being laid off simply two hours into his dream job he moved himself and his whole household 2,000 miles to do.

The seasoned park supervisor had been within the new gig for 2 days when his employer, the proprietor of the Big4 vacation park at Strahan, Tasmania, requested him to assist transfer a settee solely to "rip" into him about being obese and firing him.

"I do know there are individuals in a lot worse monetary positions than us, however basically we are actually homeless, unemployed, with a devastated little boy with no college to go to this 12 months," Hamish mentioned in a determined publish.

Big4 justified the heartless transfer by claiming Hamish would not have been in a position to mow the garden or climb a ladder, including that any "affordable particular person" would agree with them.

In a press release launched to the ABC, the park proprietor accused Hamish of hiding his "medical situation" of being overweight.

However the man's legal professionals declare that sacking somebody for a medical challenge with out proof could possibly be grounds for a discrimination case.

Hamish, his spouse Hazel and younger son Freddie arrived in Tasmania after promoting most of their possessions to make the journey from Cloncurry, Queensland, the place the he had managed vacation parks for eight years.

He mentioned his weight had by no means been a difficulty in his outdated job and that he wasn't even in a position to present how "succesful" he was to Big4.

He mentioned: "Carrying just a few additional kilos, in my thoughts, isn't going to inhibit me and hasn't inhibited me for the final eight years to hold out my duties as a supervisor of a park."

He mentioned his employer terminated his contract "as a result of he thought I could not do these items, and may trigger him legal responsibility by way of damage as I am too fats".

Hamish relayed the "dangerous information" on social media, writing: "It's with quite a lot of heartbreak and appreciable embarrassment that I've to advise that the dream tree change to the Apple Isle for the Griffin's has was a nightmare ... earlier than it is even begun.

"I nonetheless suppose that is only a dangerous dream I will get up from, however the actuality and disappointment have actually set in."

And he is now threatening authorized motion over his "outrageous" sacking.

"I had accomplished an interview through video for the job, and had despatched him hyperlinks to [an online] photograph, to which he replied 'what a stunning photograph of you all'," he mentioned.

Big4 Vacation Parks at Strahan confirmed sacking Hamish.

They advised the ABC that Hamish was fired on account of a office well being challenge that he would hurt himself at work.

The Solar On-line has contacted Big4 Strahan Vacation Retreat for remark.

Hamish managed vacation parks for eight years earlier than working for Big4Credit score: instagram

He despatched a photograph of himself to his employer earlier than being provided the jobCredit score: instagram