MAN WINS UNFAIR DISMISSAL CASE AGAINST TUAM COMPANY

Date Published: 13-Jan-2008

A Tuam employee who was told to choose between his job and his son has been awarded over 12 thousand euro in compensation for unfair dismissal by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. Rory Wrightson was working for Prestige Couriers Ltd, Manwar Industrial Estate in Tuam in September 2006 when he took time off work to attend to his injured son. He was told by the Prestige Couriers Ltd Manager Director to sort out his priorities and choose either his job or his son. Employment Appeals Tribunal chairman Peter O'Leary awarded him 12,250 euro in compensation for unfair dismissal.