Man sacked for accessing adult websites loses claim

A Cork security firm worker has lost his claim for unfair dismissal after being sacked for accessing adult sites on the internet while at work.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled that Robert Bailey was not unfairly fired from his job at Alertline — a security monitoring firm based at the Nordic Enterprise Park in Midleton, Co Cork — as his actions had posed a risk to the business.

The tribunal said Mr Bailey of Rock Grove, Midleton, Co Cork, who had worked with the company since its establishment in 1984, was aware of the firm’s unwritten code of conduct which prohibited employees from using the internet while at work.