Man awarded €17,750 for unfair dismissal by transport firm

A COBH man has been awarded €17,750 in compensation after the Employment Appeals Tribunal found he had been unfairly dismissed from his job with a transport company.

Patrick Kavanagh worked for BC Transport Ltd, Rathcormac, as a nightshift warehouse supervisor from July 2006 to February 2009, loading and unloading trucks. He was the most recently employed of three in his section.

Evidence was given that the company had a difficult trading year in 2008 and the first five months of the new financial year were worse. In January 2009 the accountant advised the managing director serious changes had to be made or the firm would have to cease trading.