Labour Court recommends £750 compensation for Patrick Tinney & Sons worker

The Labour Court accepted that a worker’s employment with Patrick Tinney & Sons ended in circumstances amounting to constructive dismissal and recommended £750 compensation. The recommendation was signed on 6 April 2000. The worker said he had been asked to work on a farm and on a fuel storage tank without protective equipment, and that his employer was verbally abusive when he raised safety concerns. The company said his employment ended after he refused alternative work as seasonal work became scarce. The company did not attend the hearing. The Court accepted the worker’s account that he had been required to work in unsafe conditions and found the employer’s general attitude unacceptable. It recommended compensation for the loss of his employment.