Security guard who took toy without paying gets €18k for unfair dismissal

A former security manager suffered a heart attack after being unfairly dismissed by Tesco for removing a toy from one of its stores without paying for it, a tribunal has heard.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ordered the Irish arm of the British retailer to pay Alan McNally €18,000.

The tribunal found that an unexplained delay of seven months in dealing with an appeal against his dismissal was “unacceptable”. Mr McNally suffered a heart attack during this period.