Tesco worker dismissed after taking cigarettes without paying awarded €23k

Former night manager told Workplace Relations Commission he had intended to pay for the pack of cigarettes when the store opened at 7am but 'clean forgot'

Tesco Ireland told the hearing Brian Scully’s actions amounted to gross misconduct whereby he was in breach of the company purchase and honesty policies.

The Irish arm of retail giant Tesco has been ordered to pay a former night manager over €23,000 for unfair dismissal after he took a pack of cigarettes without paying.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), adjudicator, Aideen Collard ordered Tesco Ireland Ltd to pay Brian Scully €23,363 for his unfair dismissal on the ground of gross misconduct for breaches of the company purchase and honesty policies in September 2019.