Hard-working Tom Boyd - who has severe autism - put in 600 hours of voluntary work at his local Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, but was let go when his mum asked for a few paid hours Tom had been volunteering at the store for four years (Image: Frances Boyd)

A volunteer shelf-stacker with autism will now be paid by Waitrose months after they sparked outrage by letting him go from his role when his mum asked if he could get paid for some shifts.

Grafter Tom Boyd, 28, put in more than 600 hours in over four years of work experience at his local store in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester. But when his mum Frances suggested in July they might give him a few paid hours as "recognition for the time, effort and heart" he had put in to his role, the store abruptly ended

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