Dairy Business Director arrested for theft after failing to return company car awarded €35,000

A Business Director at a dairy company, who was arrested for suspected car theft by the police after failing to return his company car, has been awarded €35,000 for his unfair dismissal.

In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Emile Daly found that a genuine redundancy situation didn’t exist and that the man was unfairly dismissed.