Rooney v Retail Zoo Limited [2019]

Posted In: Case Law
  • Decision Number
    5988/18
  • Legal Body
    NI Industrial/Employment Tribunal (NIIET)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
    Dismissal
Issues covered: Unfair Dismissal; Constructive Dismissal; Implied Term of Trust and Confidence

The claimant brought a claim for constructive unfair dismissal.  The claimant’s decision to leave her employment arose from a disciplinary process relating to the misuse of computer equipment in the respondent’s workplace. After an appeal during the disciplinary process, the claimant was given two written warnings as a result of using the computer for personal use (reduced from a final written warning and a general written warning).

The claimant subsequently resigned stating that there were ‘various issues’ as to how she had been made to feel in the workplace and that she had been treated unfairly during the disciplinary process.   The basis of the claim was that the implied

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This article is correct at 03/06/2019
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