Labour Court rejects Airmotive Ireland appeal over stores supervisor's discipline

The Labour Court rejected Airmotive Ireland's appeal and upheld a Rights Commissioner's recommendation on disciplinary action against a stores supervisor. The decision was signed on 23 March 1995. The Court found that, apart from two issues already considered by the Rights Commissioner, the worker's behaviour had not been formally brought to his attention. It said he should accept a formal warning and receive any training or counselling needed to help him meet the expected standard of behaviour. Airmotive Ireland had imposed a two-week unpaid suspension and written warning after alleging rude conduct toward a customer and a colleague. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union disputed the company's account and argued that the worker should have received counselling and preliminary warnings.