Car tester awarded €47,500 for unfair dismissal

A firm that operates the National Car Test has been ordered to pay €47,500 to a car tester unfairly dismissed by the company.

It follows the Employment Appeals Tribunal finding that the decision by Applus Car Testing Services to dismiss Richard Mark Matthews “was unreasonable in all of the circumstances”.

Mr Matthews lost his job after a whistleblower alleged that he drove vehicles belonging to other people to the test centre for testing and tested them himself.