Shane Finnegan awarded €1,000 for unfair dismissal

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Shane Finnegan was awarded €1,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for unfair dismissal, reported on 13 March 2023.

The WRC found it was reasonable to dismiss him for entering a chemical tank without a gas meter, but the disciplinary process was faulty.

A separate decision awarded him €5,360 for failure to provide eight weeks’ statutory notice and rejected his health-and-safety penalisation complaint; it was dated 27 February 2023.