Former An Post employee fails in unfair dismissal claim

An unfair dismissal claim taken against An Post by a former employee who had wrongly assigned post for shredding has been rejected by the Workplace Relations Commission.

According to a decision published by the WRC this week, Sue Gallagher was dismissed by An Post on August 15, 2014, on the grounds that she “had mistreated 21 items of mail” and that An Post “had lost trust and confidence in her as an employee and that such actions constituted gross misconduct.”

The Employment Appeals Tribunal heard evidence from Ms Gallagher’s former colleague at An Post’s customer correspondence bureau, who said that the claimant complained of being singled out when, on March 8, 2013, their manager raised concerns about post being bagged, punched, or forwarded to the wrong sections.