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Bank official spent 30 years moonlighting at Dublin pub, WRC hears
Summary
A banking professional who worked at a Dublin pub for nearly three decades has alleged he was unfairly dismissed and denied a redundancy package because the pub owners did not want to pay him. Alan Ecock, who has worked for AIB since 1994, told the Workplace Relations Commission that his co-workers at the bank were unaware of his second job as a bar manager at Kavanaghs in Stoneybatter, where he started as a lounge boy in the late 1980s. His solicitor, Setanta Landers, claimed the pub owners' assertion that Ecock was self-employed was a 'parade of fiction.' Ecock stated he worked at the pub four nights a week throughout his college years after losing his father as a teenager and felt obliged to support his mother. He continued working there even after signing a full-time contract with AIB in 1994, reducing his hours to two nights a week when he married in 2013.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Bank official spent 30 years moonlighting at Dublin pub, WRC hears. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 2023-10-18 Publication
Why: A banking professional who moonlighted for nearly three decades, "pulling pints" at a Dublin pub, was unfairly sacked and denied a redundancy package because the bar owners "just didn't want to pay him" his redundancy entitlements, his solicitor has alleged. CNI source report
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