UCC professor fired after struggling to find a home in Ireland due to housing crisis awarded €300,000

by PoppedCork

10 comments
  1. Can someone post some cliffnotes that might explain that figure because I can’t help but feel he’s robbed the taxpayer blind there (since we will obviously be footing the bill).

    Seems a ridiculous amount to award.

    EDIT: Ms. De Burgh on the panel sounds like the ideal person to have judging from a worker’s POV. Hopefully I get her if I ever have any issues.

  2. Can anyone else take a job and then just refuse to move to the country where the job is located and milk them for taxpayer money when you get sacked?

    Surely most jobs expect you to sort your accommodation before the start date

  3. No due process and he was already a year in the job, I’d say UCC will appeal and it’d get reduced.

    You’d think the head of HR would have more forethought than to send snotty emails insinuating someone was going to be fired. It is literally day one of HR training.

  4. How many places did he view in 20 months ?

    Did he make any offers ?

    How many rejections ?

    I like the details

  5. He shouldn’t have been fired like that, but I feel like that’s a crazy amount of money to be awarded

  6. No one on 150k a year is unable to find accommodation. This man has simply scammed the Irish taxpayer.

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