€50k award for stale snack sacking

A sacking sparked by a stale chicken wrap has cost food firm Gate Gourmet more than €50,000.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal ordered the airline catering firm to pay sacked supervisor Joe Smith €50,899 after ruling that he was unfairly dismissed.

Gate Gourmet, based in Dublin Airport, sacked Mr Smith for gross misconduct following a probe sparked by the gone-off snack. Mr Smith had an unblemished 19-year service record.