A former bank worker, who was sacked by RBS, is taking her case to an employment tribunal.
Kate Furlong, who worked as a debt officer for RBS for three and a half years, is claiming unfair dismissal after she was fired for breaching the company’s “declaration of secrecy”. It stems from Miss Furlong taking a phone call from her boss, who said she had to either relocate to Birmingham or be made redundant.
She then posted messages on Facebook calling it “the best news ever” and saying she would “score” either way. She sent another messages saying: “I’ve just hung on by my fingertips to stick around long enough for a nice payout when they could’ve had me out long ago without a penny!”
When a colleague alerted RBS to the messages, Miss Furlong was suspended, pending a disciplinary hearing before being sacked for gross misconduct. She has now started legal proceedings against her former employers saying: “I can’t believe I’ve been treated so appallingly for what essentially amounts to having a chat with my mates outside of work”.
If she hadn’t been sacked, Miss Furlong could have received about £6,000 for almost six years spent at the bank when the Telford centre where she worked closed in 2012.