WRC dismisses SolarWinds salesman’s complaints but finds his corruption concerns were reasonable

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The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Ali Izzy’s complaints against SolarWinds Software Europe DAC under the Protected Disclosures Act and Unfair Dismissals Act. It found that his concerns about alleged wrongdoing were reasonably held and constituted protected disclosures, but that whistleblowing was not an operative factor in his dismissal.

The adjudicator found that Izzy misconducted himself by intervening personally to block a sanctioned deal, jeopardising the end-of-quarter sales process and requiring colleagues to redo work. The decision said this could constitute substantial grounds for dismissal and that Izzy would have kept his job had he not blocked the deal. The WRC made no ruling on whether the corruption allegations were true.