So this is a good one, Fine Gael TD accuses his secretary wrongly, when she is on sick leave he threatens to sue her husband, tells lies to an employment appeals tribunal, loses the case and the Fine Gael party pay some of his legal fees.
"Ms Shevlin was dismissed in March 2013 and Mr Conlan had told the tribunal the reason for her dismissal was to do with issues of misconduct. Mr Conlan claimed Ms Shevlin gave, or was going to give, sensitive tally information to third parties, gave a confidential party members list to a third party, failed to pass on information to him in relation to a speaking slot in the Dáil and was disloyal to him when making a comment on Facebook.
However, in its determination, seen by The Irish Times, the tribunal took issue with some of Mr Conlan’s claims.
On the issue of the tally information, it said that “based on the inconsistencies in the respondent’s evidence and the lack of evidence corroborating his version of the event, the tribunal prefer the claimant’s evidence in this regard and find that she did not have access to the information and did not in fact disclose this information to a third party”.
Regarding the confidential list, Mr Conlan accepted Ms Shevlin had not given it out “but believed it was her intention to do so”. The tribunal said Mr Conlan’s claim that he gave Ms Shevlin an oral warning as “not creditable” and said “no documentary evidence was adduced” to substantiate the claim.
During a period when Ms Shevlin was on sick leave following a dispute over the loss of a Dáil speaking slot, Mr Conlan attempted to begin a mediation process. The tribunal said Ms Shevlin agreed to this, but changed her mind when Mr Conlan “threatened to sue her husband in relation to another matter”. Mr Conlan wrote to her saying her failure to engage in a resolution process “is not a situation I can allow to continue and puts your continued employment at risk”.
The tribunal said: “To threaten an employee, who is on work-related stress-certified sick leave, that if she doesn’t concede to her employer’s demands forthwith her continued employment is in jeopardy, is wholly inappropriate.”
Mr Conlan said Ms Shevlin posted a Facebook comment criticising him for not turning up a constituency meeting. She said the comment was about herself but the tribunal found this was “not creditable”."
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/se%C3%A1n-conlan-made-litany-of-breaches-of-former-secretary-s-employments-rights-1.2107607?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
"Ms Shevlin was dismissed in March 2013 and Mr Conlan had told the tribunal the reason for her dismissal was to do with issues of misconduct. Mr Conlan claimed Ms Shevlin gave, or was going to give, sensitive tally information to third parties, gave a confidential party members list to a third party, failed to pass on information to him in relation to a speaking slot in the Dáil and was disloyal to him when making a comment on Facebook.
However, in its determination, seen by The Irish Times, the tribunal took issue with some of Mr Conlan’s claims.
On the issue of the tally information, it said that “based on the inconsistencies in the respondent’s evidence and the lack of evidence corroborating his version of the event, the tribunal prefer the claimant’s evidence in this regard and find that she did not have access to the information and did not in fact disclose this information to a third party”.
Regarding the confidential list, Mr Conlan accepted Ms Shevlin had not given it out “but believed it was her intention to do so”. The tribunal said Mr Conlan’s claim that he gave Ms Shevlin an oral warning as “not creditable” and said “no documentary evidence was adduced” to substantiate the claim.
During a period when Ms Shevlin was on sick leave following a dispute over the loss of a Dáil speaking slot, Mr Conlan attempted to begin a mediation process. The tribunal said Ms Shevlin agreed to this, but changed her mind when Mr Conlan “threatened to sue her husband in relation to another matter”. Mr Conlan wrote to her saying her failure to engage in a resolution process “is not a situation I can allow to continue and puts your continued employment at risk”.
The tribunal said: “To threaten an employee, who is on work-related stress-certified sick leave, that if she doesn’t concede to her employer’s demands forthwith her continued employment is in jeopardy, is wholly inappropriate.”
Mr Conlan said Ms Shevlin posted a Facebook comment criticising him for not turning up a constituency meeting. She said the comment was about herself but the tribunal found this was “not creditable”."
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/se%C3%A1n-conlan-made-litany-of-breaches-of-former-secretary-s-employments-rights-1.2107607?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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