WRC upholds decision to dismiss security man sacked for ‘hugging’ woman

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld a decision by a security firm to sack a security man for ‘hugging’ a woman.

The man had sued for unfair dismissal arising out of the incident on August 9, 2017, at the WRC and WRC Adjudication Officer, Jim O’Connell “found that the action of hugging a member of public outside the roles and responsibilities of a static Security Officer”.