Labour Court recommends removing Monaghan Mushrooms worker’s final warning after a year

The Labour Court recommended that Monaghan Mushrooms Limited remove a general operative’s final written warning from his record from the first anniversary of its issue. The recommendation was signed on 25 July 1989. The company said it had acted fairly in issuing a final warning instead of dismissing the worker. The Irish Transport And General Workers' Unions argued the warning was too severe and breached the disciplinary procedure. The Court considered issuing a warning instead of dismissal not unreasonable, but said keeping it on the worker’s record indefinitely seemed unduly harsh.