Labour Court rejects union appeal over machine operative's dismissal

The Labour Court rejected the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's appeal and upheld a Rights Commissioner's recommendation that a machine operative's dismissal by Associated Plastics Limited was not unfair. The decision was signed on 30 April 1997. The union said the worker was dismissed after refusing a management request to report on fellow workers, and argued that he had not been consulted about his performance or given warnings. The company said his performance was unsatisfactory and that he received his statutory entitlements.