Labour Court recommends worker cooperate with Eircom disciplinary process

The Labour Court recommended that a worker cooperate with Eircom Ltd’s disciplinary process over a co-worker’s bullying complaint. Its recommendation was signed on 31 July 2012. The worker sought a declaration that management had breached its workplace bullying procedures, saying internal steps had not resolved the dispute. Eircom said he had not fully cooperated with the procedures. The Court noted that he had not been invited to cooperate with the enquiry, but that it had since concluded and its findings were part of disciplinary proceedings. The Court recommended that the worker cooperate fully with the disciplinary process and that he be able to raise issues about the enquiry through it. Eircom should assure him that the process would follow its procedures and the requirements of natural justice, including representation, and that its outcome could be appealed externally.