The employee worked for Aldi between between November 2021 and his termination of employment in February 2023. Photo: PA/stock image
A worker who was sacked by Aldi after senior management found out he had been convicted of sexual assault has won €5,000 for unfair dismissal.
A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator concluded there had been a “rush to dismissal” after bosses at the organisation were shown a newspaper report on the man’s court case and accused him of failing to disclose his conviction – even though it later emerged he had told his line manager.
