Labour Court rejects SIPTU claim over former Cork hospital employee’s bullying complaint

The Labour Court rejected the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s claim that the Health Service Executive-Southern Area breached its Dignity at Work procedures in handling a former Cork University Hospital employee’s bullying complaint. In a recommendation dated 20 December 2005, the Court found that the employee had not made a formal complaint while working at the hospital and was no longer covered by the policy when he complained. The union had sought an investigation into his allegations, while the HSE said the policy did not cover former employees.