Dunnes worker gets €26k over club card sacking

A SUPERMARKET checkout operator has been awarded more than €26,000 for being unfairly sacked after claiming unused value club card points by customers on her own card.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal ordered Dunnes Stores to pay €26,190 compensation to checkout assistant, Patricia Heffernan, after it ruled the supermarket’s decision to fire her was inappropriate and disproportionate.

It also criticised Dunnes Stores for disregarding the rules of natural justice in the manner in which it conducted an appeal by Ms Heffernan without making any contact with her.