McDonnell v Concrete Protection & Repair Systems Ltd

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal (Ireland)
• Judgment Date: 27 May 2015
• Judgment citation (vLex): [2015] 5 JIEC 2701
• Docket Number: UD160/2014
• Date: 27 May 2015

EMPLOYMENT APPEALS TRIBUNAL

CASE NO. UD160/2014

CLAIM OF:

Oliver McDonnell

and

Concrete Protection & Repair Systems Limited

under

UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACTS 1977 TO 2007

I certify that the Tribunal

(Division of Tribunal)

Chairman: Mr C. Corcoran B.L.

Members: Ms J. Winters

Mr P. Trehy

heard this claim at Dublin on 27th May 2015

Respondent's case:

1 The owner of the respondent business Mr T told the Tribunal that it was a family business consisting of eight employees, three of which were family members. He gave evidence of business difficulties and pay cuts implemented during the recession. The respondent tried and successfully succeeded in keeping people in employment rather than make them redundant. He required his staff to ring into the office if a job finished early and this was confirmed in memo's put in wage packets. Staff signed time-sheets and he asked that they not be falsified.

2 Mr T said that he always respected the claimant but in June 2012 (while the company was losing money) the claimant had three different complaints made against him due to poor workmanship. On one occasion his time sheet stated that he left...