Labour Court rejects worker’s appeal and affirms €175 expenses recommendation

The Labour Court disallowed an unnamed worker’s appeal against Castolin Eutectic Ireland Limited and affirmed a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation, dated 23 September 2009. The recommendation upheld the company’s final written warning and provided €175 in expenses. The worker argued the warning was too severe and that he had been denied a chance to attend the company’s internal appeal hearing. The Court said the evidence and seriousness of the incident supported the Rights Commissioner’s conclusions. It also found that preventing the worker from attending the internal appeal hearing was unfair, and urged the parties to give employees an opportunity to attend and speak in their defence in future.