Builder whose boss put secret tracking device on work van wins €10,000

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 against specialist construction firm Protum Services by Barry Naughton – but cut the award to take account of his “very significant contribution” to his own sacking by “interfering” with the first tracker.

The company’s position was that trackers were installed at the start of 2022 for insurance reasons and that all its staff were informed at the time.

Its solicitor submitted that there were “unusual occurrences” with Mr Naughton’s van starting in 2022.

Mr Naughton’s employer found the tracking device “disconnected and sitting loose” on one occasion, the tribunal was told.

When the firm was looking into one customer complaint, the tracker supplier reported back that the complainant’s device was not powered up properly and “regularly offline”, the tribunal was told.

After that, the employer “decided to covertly hardwire a device in the complainant’s van…

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