Woman gets €26,445 after boss kicked office door closed and stopped her exit

A former employee of a Dublin company has been awarded €26,445 by an employment appeals tribunal after the company owner kicked an office door closed and blocked it, preventing her from leaving.

The tribunal heard Michelle Devereux started working with Kingswood Computing, owned by GL, in 2002. GL’s daughter joined in 2010.

Evidence was given that GL and his daughter had a very volatile relationship in the workplace and, on a daily basis, would aggressively argue, shout, and curse at each other. Ms Devereux’s desk was between theirs.