Bank manager secures injunction against dismissal

A credit manager with Rabobank has secured an interim High Court injunction preventing his employer from dismissing him.

Colin Browne, who has been on sick leave arising from stress since January last, claims that Rabobank Ireland plc intends to dismiss him because he has not attended internal disciplinary hearings concerning his absence.

Mr Browne, a father of three from Forest Park, Celbridge, Co Kildare, was medically certified as unfit for work due to stress and was unable to attend the disciplinary hearings due to his illness, his counsel Patricia Dillon SC said.