A garage worker who worked every day except Christmas Day for 51 years was dismissed without notice by his employer at a ‘three minute’ meeting where he was questioned about alleged stealing.
At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Adjudicator, Bríd Deering has ordered the family-owned garage business to pay a total of €30,400 compensation for the man’s unfair dismissal and a series of other workplace breaches.
The man worked for the family business from the time he was aged 16 in July 1970 to his dismissal on December 17, 2021.
He said that he enjoyed over 50 years of a happy working life with the garage.
