Labour Court rejects appeal over worker’s unpaid suspension at North Eastern Health Board

The Labour Court upheld the Rights Commissioner’s recommendation and rejected the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s appeal over a worker’s suspension and written warning at the North Eastern Health Board. The decision was dated 26 November 1996. The worker, a craftsman’s mate at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, was disciplined after a dispute over unfinished grouting and alleged abuse of his supervisor. The union said his workload had prevented him finishing the work and denied that he had abused the supervisor. The Board said he had failed to follow an instruction and verbally abused his supervisor.