Covid protocol failure akin to 'workplace assault', WRC rules
A direct provision centre worker who failed to wear PPE or enforce social distancing during the first weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic was guilty of gross misconduct akin to a workplace assault, the Workplace Relations Commission has found. Siarhei Klimasheuski’s complaint against Tattonward Ltd under
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The Workplace Relations Commission has dismissed a complaint of unfair dismissal brought by a direct provision centre worker in Monaghan. The adjudicating officer found that Siarhei Klimasheuski was guilty of gross misconduct akin to workplace assault when he failed to comply with Covid-19 safety protocols at a facility operated by Tattonward Ltd in April 2020. The decision, published in June 2022, concluded that Mr…