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Engineer probed over 'excessive use' of fuel card told bosses he'd left jeep running 'all weekend'
Summary
An engineer at an explosives and blasting firm facing a probe into his 'excessive use' of a company fuel card told his bosses he left his work jeep running 'all weekend', a tribunal has noted. Thomas Giles failed in a case at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) challenging his sacking from Kemek Ltd for gross misconduct. The company said it had 'no alternative' but to sack Mr Giles. Mr Giles was a technical service engineer on the road for the Enfield, Co Meath firm, which specialises in the deployment of explosives in the quarrying and construction sectors. He had been issued with a leased Toyota Land Cruiser as a company car – along with a fuel card – but began to face questions on fuel usage starting in 2022. Mr Giles was confronted with the figures on his fuel usage during a series of investigation meetings in March 2024, showing that he was using more than twice as much fuel as his colleagues.
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What: Report matter: Engineer probed over 'excessive use' of fuel card told bosses he'd left jeep running 'all weekend'. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- March 2024 Other
- 5 April 2024 Other
- October 2022 Other
- 2026-04-24 Publication
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