The Labour Court heard that the average absenteeism in the Council is approximately 5%.
Image: Shutterstock/Robson90 Image: Shutterstock/Robson90 WORKERS AT THE largest local authority in the country, Dublin City Council miss on average 10 to 12 days a year through absenteeism.
Maguire was dismissed in December 2016 for continuous absenteeism constituting a failure to provide the Council with a regular and efficient service. Administrative Officer at the Council’s HR Department, Debbie McLoughlin told the Labour Court hearing that when she asked Maguire about the 17 days absence, he stated that when the children get sick, he gets sick.
At the hearing, Geraghty gave evidence of Maguire’s absenteeism – 89 days on 5 occasions in 2011; 12 days on six occasions in 2012; 25.5 days on 11 occasions in 2013; 41 days on 10 occasions in 2014; 19 days on eight occasions in 2015 and 46 days on five occasions in 2016. Maguire told the hearing that he was aware that his attendance was not good over the years. He said that his mother was admitted to a hospice in 2009 and she died in April 2011.In cross-examination when Maguire was asked what more could the Council have done, he replied that the Council could have given him one more chance. He said that he was not deliberately missing days.
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