A FORMER managing director of a company in the Reox group, formerly Dairygold, is entitled to more than €300,0000 damages because he was unfairly dismissed from another position as a result of being given inadequate notice, the High Court has ruled.
The Reox firms argued that Donal McCarthy, under a contract of 2000, was entitled to just four weeks notice when he was made redundant in late 2007. Mr Justice Michael Hanna noted the then chief executive of the overall Reox group, Gerry Henchy, had agreed a one-year notice period for himself.
Mr Justice Hanna ruled yesterday in favour of Mr McCarthy, Mallow, who had sued Breeo Foods, Reox Holdings and Dairygold Co- operative Society over the termination of his employment.
The judge ruled Mr McCarthy’s entitlement to damages was limited to the financial loss and could not, for example, include damages for hurt feelings.
He was entitled to at least six months notice of the termination of his employment and, by failing to provide that, his employers had wrongfully dismissed him. Mr McCarthy was also entitled to bonus payments covering the last 15 months of his employment and, in those circumstances, was entitled to total damages of €301,479.
