FULL RECOMMENDATION
SECTION 20(1), INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1969 PARTIES : MATTHEWS COACH HIRE LTD - AND - A WORKER DIVISION : Chairman: Ms O'Donnell Employer Member: Ms Connolly Worker Member: Mr Hall |
1. Dismissal
BACKGROUND:
2. This dispute concerns a dismissal.
The Worker referred this case to the Labour Court on 4 February 2019 in accordance with Section 20 (1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969, and agreed to be bound by the Court’s Recommendation.
A Labour Court hearing took place on 29 March 2019.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is the Worker’s case that she was unfairly dismissed by the Employer without notice. Following an incident in the yard the Employer told her it was not working out and that she would have to go. The Worker asked the Employer if he had any complaints about her driving and he confirmed that he had not. The Worker was not given any notice that the Employer had any issue with her work until the day in the yard when she was dismissed.
The Employer did not attend the hearing.
It is the Worker’s claim that she was unemployed for a period of seventeen weeks while trying to source alternative employment and that her loss on foot of her dismissal is €13,022.
The Court having heard the submission of the Worker recommends the payment of compensation in the amount of €13,022.
The Court so recommends.
Signed on behalf of the Labour Court
Louise O'Donnell
MK______________________
4 April 2019Deputy Chairman
NOTE
Enquiries concerning this Recommendation should be addressed to Mary Kehoe, Court Secretary.