Labour Court recommends Dunnes Stores rescind worker’s warning

The Labour Court recommended that Dunnes Stores rescind an unnamed worker’s written warning over till discrepancies and review its disciplinary procedures. The recommendation was signed on 3 April 2012. The Court found that the worker had not received sufficient notice that meetings were disciplinary, a proper opportunity to be accompanied, or enough detail about the allegations to respond. It also found the appeal process unfair: the appeals officer was subordinate to the original decision-maker, and the worker did not know there would be no oral hearing or receive the company’s evidence for comment. Dunnes Stores management did not attend the hearing.