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DIY RETAILER WOODIE’S has been left counting the cost of sacking an employee over a missing €50 note.
This follows the Labour Court ordering Woodie’s DIY Ltd to pay €15,000 to ex-worker Moses Okezie Ikoro after finding that he was unfairly dismissed.
Ikoro’s unfair dismissal action first went before an adjudication officer at the Workplace Relations Commission who ruled that his claim was not well founded.
However, Ikoro has been successful in appealing the decision after the Labour Court found that it was unreasonable for Woodie’s to dismiss him “in the absence of a comprehensive investigation of relevant facts and events”.
Investigation
Woodie’s launched an investigation on 26 October 2015 after a customer contacted them to say that €50 was missing from her purse after a visit to one of the company’s stores.
CCTV footage showed that the customer had dropped the €50 at Ikoro’s till and that the note had been placed by the employee in the cash register at 5.17pm that day.
Woodie’s argued that the fact the till balanced at 6pm showed that the customer’s €50 note had been removed from it between 5.17pm and 6pm.
In his defence, Ikoro said that he had assumed that the €50 note was related to the transaction and placed it in the till. He stated that he had never removed the note from the till.
Ikoro submitted that others, including the cashier and the cash office, had handled the money from his cash register but that Woodie’s had failed to investigate their interactions with the cash.
He said the company had failed to properly investigate all possibilities for why the €50 note was missing from his till.
Ruling
In its findings, the Labour Court ruled that Woodie’s could not say with certainty what happened to the €50 note.
Woodie’s confirmed to the court that it did not engage with the cashier who signed for the removal of all notes from the till after 5.17pm and up to the till’s closure at 6pm.
The Labour Court found that a comprehensive investigation seeking to establish what happened to the €50 note “would require (the company) to examine and consider all aspects of cash operations up to and including the moment the ‘pods’ were sealed for transmission to the cash office”.
The court said that it was clear that Woodie’s has failed to comprehensively examine all stages of cash handling at the till.
It said that it was not reasonable for Woodie’s to reach a decision to dismiss Ikoro in the absence of a comprehensive investigation of relevant facts and events.
The court found that the appropriate remedy in the case was compensation and awarded Ikoro €15,000.
Written by Gordon Deegan and posted on Fora.ie
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What are they still doing in the country then. Kick em out no questions asked or are they waiting for something to happen
@Joe Mc: May well be Irish citizens. Perhaps not even from the background you’re thinking about. But I would agree deporting someone on these grounds should be simpler.
@Lisa Saputo: Exactly what I was thinking Lisa. We’ve more homegrown terrorists can you could shake a stick at with the Ultranationalist dissident Republicans. As well as the rise of Far-Right fascists.
Far Right Facists ? where are they ? , what we have is a large number of looney left Islamic apologists
@Grainne Abdulaziz: “Far right fascists” Haha who do you think you are fooling lady?
@Mark Mcloughlin: The minute the bombs went off by the Dortmund bus they we’re everywhere “we don’t know who did it”, “maybe it was a firecracker”, “here come the racists” – ridiculous.
My uncle was unceremoniously chucked out of a bar in the UK in the 70s just for having a Liverpool accent and a tricolour on his jacket. We were the problem then, we know who the problem are now.
Why are liberal idiots so scared to admit the truth ????
Oh and deportation absolutely – I don’t care you have an Irish passport. You want to live in a Muslin hellhole, move to one.
@CeannairBlue: because it is stupid to guess who is responsible for anything based on bias and no evidence whatsoever.
@Grainne Abdulaziz: The most dangerous group of people we have are the useful idiots and apologists for islamic terror. The amount of people who support these groups and their idea of sharia for all is mind boggling. How can women and those who purport to support women’s rights and equality support these groups unless there is something lacking in their lives.
@Joe Mc:
There would be no Senior Management in AGS and very few politicians left in the country if we rid ourselves of those who are a danger to Ireland
Is Enda one of individuals “who do not have this country’s interests at heart”.
@Just Me: the most dangerous people are the paranoid racists.not a big fan of muslims myself but hate creates hate. It should be plain to see by now.every country that has been attacked had strong racist elements.
@Rave Bennett: Jesus wept.
“Garda monitoring a small number of individuals who don’t have the country’s interests at heart.” Another name for this grouping would be “the Cabinet”.
@Adrian: my thoughts exactly
@Maurice Frazer: When you hear Enda Kenny saying that i picture some lad walking into a mosque with a hat a camera similar to what the IRS made Homer wear in the Simpsons..
@Cosmo Kramer: The choice of words is interesting. If it were the feud between two criminal gangs, the headline and political speak would be, Gardai monitoring group of individuals, but seen that’s it’s about the adherents to the religion of peace, the words used are a small group of individuals. I’d hazard a guess that their numbers are not small, in fact they outweigh the amount of people involved in the criminal feud. Those elected to run this country need to wake up to reality and see that’s it’s only a matter of time before islamic terror visits us.
@Adrian: NAMA have done more damage to the country that the most extreme terrorists could only dream of.
People who don’t have this countries best interest at heart should simply be thrown out of the country. Why wait ?????
@Paul Mc Manus: Into which country would you throw them?
@Neal, not Neil.: Atlantis
@Chris Linehan: Was gonna say the Atlantic – send em up to Malin Head and a swift kick in the backside. Job done.
@Neal, not Neil.: Well we could relocate them to Rockall. Where the natural gas will burn their ass and send them all to hell.
@Just Me: Would they still get their virgins ???
I was quite hoping they would – and they were made up of my Auntie, and several nuns from school. That’d show em!
@CeannairBlue: They would more than likely meet up with a lot of their mates, I’m sure Aul Nick might arrange something, hot poker maybe.
@Neal, not Neil.:
AGS Headquarters in the Park
Over here we stick them on the late late show and our politicians visit them in jails in foreign countries. They were only on holidays don’t ya know. PMSL!
@OpenBorders: Only time I have ever liked one of your comments haha!
@Mark Mcloughlin: Open Borders must have banged his head this morning, he’s a creepy Islamofascist Troll, real name, Liam Egan from Wexford.
@Mark Mcloughlin: Agree,but it’s so unbelievable I think someone must have hacked into his account.
I would say England has more of a idea of what’s going on over here with regards clandestine carry on than we do ,in there own interest
I have zero confidence that our government could handle a major disaster or attack nor be able to prevent it from happening. It may as well be an asteroid strike as far as the possibility of it is to them.
@Awkward Seal: I have zero confidence in our Government.
Sharia loving nut jobs have no place in this country.
@Lepanto: We and the rest of Europe will rue the day they allowed the Allah brigades into our countries. Their objective is to enslave Europeans and create their archaic, dark age Shariah law’s. They will not assimilate into Western culture,and have no intention of doing so. End all migration to Europe of all religious fanatic’s before they destroy our Freedom’s Culture, and way of life that has taken centuries to develop.
Can you imagine our hospitals trying to cope with the aftermath of a major terrorist attack, or any other major incident.The state the health service is in is already an attack on our democracy.
@Richard Brady:
The government could at least consider installing electronic retractable bollards either end of the likes of Henry and Grafton St, and similar pedestrianised shopping Streets across the country…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQyFhkReOmk
@Lepanto: fine point!
Just thinking. They should be monitoring our own TDs, they certainly don’t have our countries best interests at heart. Lol
small! but growing all the time through immigration forced on us by the eu, even though it has failed miserably for decades across britain and the continent !
@Terry Mac:
I introduce to you sinn fein and the lefts stance on immigration
“Sinn Fein views with concern the increasing emergence of openly racist sentiment in Ireland. We support the calls for an immediate amnesty for all asylum seekers in the 26 counties. Sinn Fein will work for the achievement of the optimum position of NO RESTRICTION on immigration in Ireland.”
“Considering this country’s history of emigration Sinn Fein deplores all attempts to limit the numbers of political and economic refugees into the country and supports the full integration of the aforementioned refugees into society”
@James Nellie: That’s legit ?? Jesus. I vote Sinn Fein but that is way out of line to say that.
@CeannairBlue: I too vote SF, but I have never heard this.James Nellie is troll so it’s in his and FF, FG, interest to say this.
@Just Me: supporting them without knowing what they stand for ? Why?
@paddy: I know full well what the stand for. As a long standing supporter I take the patriotic view, unlike the Quislings (that’s traitors) of your ilk and your political parties. Your namesake supposedly got rid of all the snakes in Ireland, seems he missed a few.
@Just Me: ooohhhh! Such a mean name caller. When your own flaws are pointed out- let the name calling begin. And if patriotic means supporting those who murder women and children then you are welcome to Dessie ellis, Martin ferris and Gerry who do actually have the blood of actual Irish women and children on their hands. So name call away! If it helps
@Just Me:quislings- that’s rich- like the RA weren’t riddled with actual informing quislings. The truth will set you free a cara!
@CeannairBlue: this might help. I love it when the truth of a thing hits home.
Enjoy!
http://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2009/Policies_Racism.pdf
So- long standing supporter- what do you think now or will you just call me more names!
@CeannairBlue: I just want to say- this is the funniest unintentional comment that I have ever read on here. Go raibh maith agat a cara. Ní bheidh do leithèid arìs ann.
How did they let Khalid Kelly slip?
@Sara Elia López:
I can think of another one from Wexford.
@Sara Elia López: that genius who got what he deserved- shot before he could blow himself up
Nice bit of fear mongering.
@paddy: Sweden thought that too
@Rosa Parks: Sweden is a huge exporter of weapons.
@Stephen: What’s the gist of your point?
Stephen Sweden is a huge importer of Muslims
@Stephen McManus: Did the people that were murdered on the street export any??? Apologists for islamic terror are so fcuking braindead.
So we need to update our security measures and they’re gonna have a cobra style meeting soon. Let us all know how the meeting goes lads!
well theres enough snakes in goverment,so it would be aptly named.
Gardaí are monitoring a small number of individuals ‘who do not have this country’s interests at heart’
Denis O’Brien and Enda Kenny?
I take it from the headline that they’ll be spending a lot of time monitoring the government so! Typical Enda rubbish this, surprised didnt start quoting Drake or someone, the man would do anything to stay, or seem, current.
Is it not good that we are aware of people involved in terrorism living in this country? Clueless comments above criticising the government for this. It’s not possible to just send people back either they may well hold Irish passports. In the uk if they hold British passports they will take the passport and essentially ban them from leaving the UK, seems a bit crazy to trap these people in your country however.
@Mark: stop talking anything that resembles sense. It’ll only upset people.
Should be more concerned about 500 suicides a year.
@joe o hare: so just forget about terrorism and security and focus everything on suicide???
Can’t wait to see if our incompetent government open the “Department of Oh Holy God” to deal with national emergencies.. Maybe they will put a 60 year old Geography teacher in charge of it, so at least he or she will know where to pin point a crisis on the map?
I introduce to you sinn fein and the lefts stance on immigration
“Sinn Fein views with concern the increasing emergence of openly racist sentiment in Ireland. We support the calls for an immediate amnesty for all asylum seekers in the 26 counties. Sinn Fein will work for the achievement of the optimum position of NO RESTRICTION on immigration in Ireland.”
“Considering this country’s history of emigration Sinn Fein deplores all attempts to limit the numbers of political and economic refugees into the country and supports the full integration of the aforementioned refugees into society”
Must be very easy when they all work in the dail.
What about this. If all of you who stand on the sidelines, throwing muck feel so strongly- stand for election on a platform that details your plans for this state. Stop moaning- stand for election- and deliver the change that you feel so strongly about.
@paddy: I can’t put my job on hold in case it doesn’t work out, like our teachers/politicians.
@Mistawez: so keep moaning away! Anger and moaning drive real change!
Amazing (and frightening) that we don’t have a Cobra style structure and procedures in place to deal with a crisis. Fundamental principle is that the crisis management committee is chaired by the ‘boss’. Saying we have an Office is not good enough!!
Good to know that we’re on the ball!! Then please give them a swift kick out of the country!! Don’t pander!! Recently here in Germany two Mosques were closed down because they were preaching hate towards infidels and non-believers!! It was all on camera and every word taped!! When confronted with this evidence, the Iman ‘apologised’!!!! There are many Muslim people here in Germany who are living their lives, raising their children and certainly don’t condone the actions of twisted individuals whose hearts are bent on murder, misery and darkness!! I have friends who are Muslim, Jewish, Catholics and Protestants. We are friends. Religion is never an issue between us.
That would be the bus drivers so.
Just saying. Convicted terrorists sit in Dáil Éireann . At least these people( article never says who they are- possibly Alphabet RA) are being monitored and the scary reality is that there is very little you can do adainst a disturbed motivated individual, in real life though, we are much more at risk from cars than mad bomber gobsheens, Don’t all give out to me at once
P.s. The RA and criminal have and continue to murder many more Irish people than ANY Islamic terrorist- and that is a fact!
@paddy: Oh be quiet.
@CeannairBlue: superb rebuttal of each of my points. Forensic attention to detail
@paddy: You forgot to mention your mates new weapon of choice, lorries.
@paddy: A) You’re not worth it and B) I doubt you’d be able to follow a coherent argument.
@CeannairBlue: so why bother!
@paddy: I’m not an apologist for sharia head cases, when convicted of terrorists offences or directing/ funding same, mandatory life sentence followed by deportation.
I also think the burka should be banned And that all immigrants need to respect the laws and customs of the country they inhabit. The Brits have tied themselves up in knots about this.
BUT this article is rampant scaremongering and you cannot tarnish an entire population for the actions of sad, lonely, mentally ill, radicalised idiots. FACT- murdering terrorists are TD’s. FACT- kinihans and the Alphabet RA will kill more Irish people this or any other year rather than some imaginary terrorist
When I saw the headline I thought it was about politicians…
Hope they’re also monitering our political parties as they don’t have our interests at heart too
Non alined non aggressive
Last time I checked we were still allowing Shannon to be used as a staging post for American refueling so you might say mr Kenny we are( passively aggressive ) bit like yourself kenny
Are the blueshits and Flip-flops ,sorry Fine Gael and Fianna Fail under investigation has they dont have the country’s interest at heart ? Big business and cronies are looked after all right ,
Have we learned nothing pandering to the Roman Church cult ? Now we are letting in members of a backward death cult whose sole aim is to “convert ” all people and the left in politics agree with this . All those that preach hate should be kicked back to whatever shit hole they came from .
Just another government failure for which they have no excuse but they’ll insure the desperation continues, promote the fear and divide the populous without clarity because that’s how they manipulate “the public interest” for their own benefit.
They’d be as well parking outside Dáil Éireann, that’s where they’ll find the highest concentration of individuals who do not have this country’s interests at heart!!!!
Parasitic career politicians are most of them, leaders in incompetence, corrupt, negligence, cronyism and greed…
As long as people are talking to imaginary friends, they have to tolerate other people, talking to their imaginary friends. If you talk to imaginary people and you are potentially dangerous – your should be isolated from people who is mentally sound. But majority of you, guys, call it a human right – the right to exersize religion. No religion – no problem, no guilt feeling about mentally sick people.
@Borderline State: A large part of the problem is people believing this violence to be inspired solely by religion, and islam in particular. It’s a lazy kind of get-out clause which ignores all other contributory factors such as European and American imperialistic aggression in the region and allows the commenter to feel superiour at the same time because haven’t we in the west sooo moved on from that ‘sky fairy’ nonsense . . .
@Neil Mcdonough: Allah Akabar Might give you a clue as to their reason for terror. They don’t need any prompting, it’s all written down for them by Mohammad in that book. So do you still think religion does’nt come into it???
@Just Me: So you’re saying if it wasn’t for islam, the west could bomb the shit out of the ME without fear of reprisals? Ffs . . .
@Just Me: And might I add that I have muslim neighbours and colleagues, come accross muslims all the time on the metro, in shops, the street etc yet even though you say “They don’t need any prompting, it’s all written down for them by Mohammad in that book.”, no-one is trying to do me any harm. Don’t leave Ireland whatever you do, the paranoia you’d experience in any modern city might be to much for you . . .
Clown.
@Neil Mcdonough:
Do you know the difference between religious Islam and political Islam? you Isalmo apologists being morons, I’ll explain….Take praying, praying itself is harmless, no one has a problem with that. Now for example in Paris, have you ever seen whole streets being commandeered and cordoned off by Muslims, plenty of video online anyway, well that’s political Islam at work, it’s a statement, letting the Kuffar, Infidels and Dhimmis (yes, you’re included) know that we’re here and were taking over, a statement of intent 5 times a day, every day of the year, and as the numbers grow the next street gets taken, and so on.
FYI Islamic aggression precedes any interference by the West, before there was even the notion of the West or Oil…grab a History book ffs.
@Neil Mcdonough: I have lived and worked in many countries and my eyes have been opened to the islamic way of life. It’s not compatible with western values. As for having muslim neighbours you might think life is a bed of roses now, but wait till they drive property prices down and take over your neighborhood. The experience I seen in every modern city in Europe had nothing to do with paranoia but on reality. Then again those countries did not think this would happen. Reality means we should learn from the mistakes of others and stand up for our culture and way of life. If you’re so enamored by them go and live in their countries and see how you get on.
@Just Me: a cara- ever think that you might be somewhat paranoid?
Me like ice-cweam!
@Grainne Abdulaziz:
Well that’s a giveaway, so which one of the screaming sisters are you then? hahaha
We’re on our own so if the shit hits the fan. What a bunch of total wasters. They can’t piss water protesters off enough but they’re depending on the sporadic outbreak of the intelligence committee (that meets up when noireen isn’t harassing her own men or setting them on meter installation opponents) to ward off any fanatics that end up driven to distraction by the price of rice crispies in mosney. The drug-driving police would raise oodles of revenue if they parked outside the dail.
Bertie Ahern.
Catholics and muslims. whats the differance , their all as twisted and deluded as each other. catholics bum you muslims bomb you.
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