Disability organisation in dismissal case was asked for bullying course

MANAGEMENT at St Michael’s House - who deny a senior clinical psychologist’s claim he was bullied out of his job - had been asked for a training course on bullying, the Employment Appeals Tribunal heard yesterday.

When the request was made, bullying in the workplace had become a topical issue, according to Emer Lynch, who spent seven years as a social worker at the Dublin-based disability service provider.

In the event, no training course was held, the tribunal was told on the sixth day of Dr Mark Harrold’s constructive dismissal case.