Hospital clerical worker who said she had to put up with 'toxic' management behaviour wins 58,000

"A hospital clerical worker has won over €58,000 for constructive dismissal after she was ordered to go into mediation with a colleague without being given a copy of the grievance he had made against her."

"Upholding a complaint by the worker, Karen McHale, a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator agreed that Mayo University Hospital's staff grievance management process was "fundamentally flawed"."

Karen McHale, a clerical worker at Mayo University Hospital, was awarded over €58,000 for constructive dismissal after being ordered to participate in mediation with a colleague without being provided a copy of the grievance the colleague had lodged against her. A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator upheld McHale's complaint and found serious procedural defects in the hospital's handling of the matter. The adjudicator determined that the staff grievance management process at Mayo University Hospital lacked fundamental fairness and failed to protect the employee's procedural rights, leading to the compensation award for constructive dismissal.

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