A Ukrainian truck driver, Ruslan Rybak, is suing his former employer for unfair dismissal after a heated verbal argument. Rybak, now serving in the Ukrainian military, claims he was unfairly dismissed for complaints about his behaviour, including an incident where he allegedly verbally abused a client.
A Ukrainian truck driver who allegedly got out of his vehicle in the middle of a busy roundabout to verbally abuse a motorist has taken a case for unfair dismissal against his former employer. Ruslan Rybak, who is now serving in the Ukrainian military, worked for a haulage business in Lusk owned by Noel Hughes until July 1, 2020.
He filed a total of 13 complaints to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) arising from his employment, including unfair dismissal, failure to grant rest periods, and failure to keep statutory employment records. During an adjudication hearing earlier today, Noel Hughes claimed that Mr Rybak had been involved in a number of incidents involving verbal abuse, culminating in an incident on July 1, 2020 that resulted in the termination of his employment. On that date, Mr Hughes said Mr Rybak was in “terrible bad form” and there was a complaint about “his carry-on and manner” at a client’s premises in Dublin. The client told Mr Hughes that Mr Rybak was “barred” from the premises as this was the third such incident. When Mr Rybak returned to the yard, Mr Hughes confronted him. “I had words with Ruslan and, when we had words, one word followed another and it got a bit heated,” he told the adjudication hearing. “Ruslan turned around to me and said: ‘Shove your job up your arse.’” Questioned by WRC adjudicator Michael McEntee, Mr Hughes corrected himself and said: “Sorry, my apologies, he said ‘F**k off.’” “He charged out of the office door and gone, and that’s not the first time that Ruslan done that on us,” he added. Mr Hughes contended that Mr Rybak had left his employment of his own accord and disputed that any dismissal had occurre
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