WRC orders firm to pay butcher €11k for unfair dismissal after 'assault' over pork loin

A butcher at a meat processing plant was assaulted and then unfairly dismissed arising from a dispute with a manager over a loin of pork.

WRC orders firm to pay butcher €11k for unfair dismissal after 'assault' over pork loin

A butcher at a meat processing plant was assaulted and then unfairly dismissed arising from a dispute with a manager over a loin of pork.

Today, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that the worker was unfairly dismissed and ordered the meat processing firm to pay the butcher €11,026.

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