The Workplace Relations Commission found Anita Whyte Moran’s unfair dismissal complaint was not well founded after she posted derogatory comments about her employer and misrepresented a qualification on her CV. The WRC decision, dated 17 June 2024, also found no discrimination or victimisation within the relevant period.
Moran had worked as an Operations Manager for Zatori Results Limited from January 2019 until her employment ended in February 2023. She alleged unfair dismissal, discrimination on gender and family-status grounds, sexual harassment and victimisation. The company said it dismissed her for gross misconduct, citing her social media posts and the CV misrepresentation.
The adjudication officer found the dismissal substantively fair. Although the acting chief executive should not have chaired the disciplinary hearing, an independent external appeal remedied that procedural defect and upheld the dismissal. The appeal officer found Moran contributed 100% to her dismissal.
The officer found the conduct at issue was not sexual in nature and that no discrimination occurred within the six-month period considered. The earlier gender and family-status allegations were outside the officer’s jurisdiction, so their merits were not decided. The victimisation complaint was also outside that period. Moran withdrew a separate Equality Act complaint.