Labour Court recommends Atlantic Homecare clear worker over missing stock and pay extra week

In 1995, the Labour Court recommended that Atlantic Homecare clear a worker of suspicion over missing stock and pay him one additional week’s pay in full and final settlement of his dismissal dispute. The Court accepted the company’s right to dismiss a worker during probation for unsatisfactory performance, but found the manner and timing of this dismissal unsatisfactory because colleagues could link it to a missing-stock investigation. Atlantic Homecare said the dismissal was for performance and timekeeping issues and was unrelated to the missing toys; it said the worker had received two weeks’ pay in lieu of notice.