Today's EAT review concerns the case of Boyle v Rapier Contract Services Ltd, which involved poor responses to grievances and flawed disciplinary procedures.
Case Name: Boyle v Rapier Contract Services Ltd (UD 2521/2009)
Legislation: Unfair Dismissals Acts 1997-2007, Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 2005
Jurisdiction/Subject Matter: Failure of employer to adequately address employee grievances; flawed procedures in the dismissal of an employee.
Facts
The claimant was employed as a general operative with the respondent company whose role it was to attend to cleaning duties. Relations between the claimant and her employers became strained over alleged shortcomings in her work relating to time keeping and her refusal to fully comply with cleaning instructions. Despite having received
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