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Bill Munro was unfairly dismissed
Bill Munro, the founder of Barrhead Travel, has won his tribunal against Travel Leaders Group but will not be getting his job back.
An Employment Tribunal Judgment, released today, agreed that Munro was unfairly dismissed from Barrhead Travel but said it was not practicable, under terms of the Empoyment Rights Act, for him to rejoin the company.
It also ruled that Munro should not receive any financial compensation.
In a 50-page judgement, employment judge Lucy Wiseman noted there was a pattern with Munro agreeing to what was said or proposed by the Travel Leaders Group management team, but then doing what he wanted with regards to involvement at Barrhead Travel.
She said Travel Leaders had initially adopted a ‘soft approach’ with Munro but that in order to stop his continued involvement with Barrhead, his duties and authorisation were tightened significantly.
She also noticed that although there was no evidence from Jacqueline Dobson, Barrhead chief executive, Munro’s reinstatement and his desire to involve himself in ‘troubleshooting’ and use the group’s resources would ‘create difficulties’ for Dobson and ‘create a tension’ for members of staff who would be unwilling or unable to refuse his requests given his previous position in the company.
Barrhead Travel declined to comment.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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