How to deal with instant dismissal in Ireland?

FamousBelgian

Hi, Looking for general (not legal) advice and experiences on dealing with unfair dismissal, after a very long service, from a multinational (read: deep pockets to use leading Dublin law firm *and* pay generous severance).

It's for a friend who was dismissed the day before Xmas on some trumped up transgression by a new boss to set an example. Details in Legal Discussion forum here.

UpBack1234

Sue them. Employment Law heavily favours the employee and if you don't believe me just look at the Tesco employee sacked for actually verifiably stealing from the store, only to get €4000 compensation because they didn't follow protocol to the absolute letter.

OMM 0000

Unpopular opinion here maybe, but are you sure your friend is telling you the entire story? It is not 'normal' for large multinationals to fire people for no reason. They usually have pretty strict processes on this, and the firing would need to be green lit by the department manager, director, head of HR, and probably the GM.

I've been a manager a long time and it never ceases to amaze me how employees are unable to take responsibility for their bad behaviour. For example, I have known many staff (in Ireland) who were hungover almost daily, unable to do their jobs properly, and when they eventually got fired for this, they became (in their minds and amongst their friends and colleagues) innocent victims of evil corporations.

I'm not saying your friend is guilty. I'm saying please make sure he is being truly honest with himself before going down the legal route.

I hope he is able to get his life back on track.

Stheno

Mod. Closing thread as there is already a thread in LD