Man dismissed for using firm's account to buy drill and kegs of Guinness awarded compensation

The Workplace Relations Commission concluded that Mr Taylor had never acted with the intent to deceive or defraud the company, and had never sought to profit from either the drill or the kegs. File picture

A Donegal-based juice producer has been ordered to pay €14k in compensation to an individual after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found his dismissal under the guise of ‘gross misconduct’ was merely a product of “naïve” actions.

The complainant, Sterling Taylor, began working with Mulrines in Ballybofey, Co Donegal in 2014 and was dismissed 10 years later over accusations of theft, dishonesty, and fraud.