€3k award for unfair dismissal of shoemaker

A shoemaker was summarily dismissed after his employer discovered he had gone into business for himself and was competing against him.

However, because of the summary nature of his dismissal, Krysztof Jurek was, in effect, unfairly dismissed by George Tutty Footwear Ltd, of Millbrook, Naas, Co Kildare, the Employment Appeals Tribunal found.

The tribunal hearing of the case, brought by Mr Jurek, of Mullaboden Cottage, Ballymore Eustace, was conducted last year and the tribunal report has now been published.