Married At First Sight star Luke Worley loses unfair dismissal claim after going 'AWOL' from his job at EE store to appear on Channel 4 dating show

Married at First Sight star Luke Worley has lost an unfair dismissal case against his former employers after he disappeared from work in order to appear on a Channel 4 dating show. Married At First Sight star Luke Worley has lost an employment tribunal against his old bosses at EE who sacked him after he went to Spain to film another reality show Luke as he was seen on Married at First Sight last year - before he was removed after a physical altercation with another contestant He appeared on Channel 4 series The Language of Love with other British and Spanish singletons - the twist being that the contestants could not speak each other's tongue Luke Worley as he was on The Language of Love, which was filmed in September 2021 and aired the following January Tribunal documents reveal Mr Worley was the store manager of the phone shop in Basildon, Essex, at the time and was not given permission to take leave to go and film the programme in Spain. The Lnguage of Love was hosted by Davina McCall and Spanish TV presenter and singer Ricky Merino The EE store in Basildon, Essex where Luke Worley worked before he jetted off to film the Channel 4 reality show Upon his return from Spain, Mr Worley was invited to a disciplinary hearing on October 7 in which he was dismissed. Mr Worley previously went viral after accidentally FaceTiming TV presenter Maya Jama He had been given her number by mistake after a woman he met on holiday wrote down a fake phone number Mr Worley appeared on Channel 4's Married At First Sight UK last year, but was removed from the show in October after an altercation with another contestant, Jordan Gayle.