Man was fired over refusal to spray weeds

FLOXSON Property Management has been ordered to pay over €43,000 to a former employee, after the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruled it had fired him over his refusal to spray weedkiller without protective equipment.

The manager of Dungarvan Shopping Centre said he sent Vladislav Sedlacek home on June 5, 2009, after he refused to spray weeds with weedkiller.

He was adamant he had not suspended Mr Sedlacek. Floxson said it had no alternative but to fire Mr Sedlacek when he told them he would not take instructions from the manager in future.