A major retailer has been ordered to pay a store manager €15,000 after unfairly dismissing him for hugging other staff members.
Workplace Relations Commission adjudication officer Patsy Doyle said the man was “wronged” by his employer and failings in the disciplinary process “caused him inordinate reputational damage”.
The store manager stated he told his employer that while he had hugged staff, no one had taken serious offence and it was “banter in the workplace”.
Ms Doyle also ordered the employer to pay an additional €2,975 over not paying the man’s notice.
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