Getty ImagesA Spanish judge has told a supermarket to reinstate a sacked worker or pay her €19,000 (£16,758; $22,636), arguing that secret video showing her eating a pasty had breached her privacy.
A spy camera in the Córdoba shop had recorded the woman eating a pasty while serving customers, violating the rules.
The woman, not named, was sacked in November, having worked there for 12 years. She was unaware of the camera.
A European ruling says firms must not use such recordings in dismissal cases.
The Córdoba supermarket disciplined the worker because she had breached hygiene rules and had helped herself to a pasty – an empanadilla – on sale to the public.
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In January, five other Spanish supermarket workers – all women – won a similar case at the European Court of Human Rights.
Spanish courts had accepted covert video evidence from a supermarket chain, MSA, which accused the five of stealing items and helping co-workers and customers to do so.
In that case, the court ordered Spain to pay each of the five women €4,000 in damages, as well as €500 in costs to four, and €569 in costs to one.
MSA had made them aware of visible cameras in the shop, but not of hidden cameras.