National court archive · 2026-03-25
Shop worker unfairly sacked after testifying at WRC wins €40k
At a glance
- Crime
- Not stated
- People
- Patricia Owens, Amanda Butler, Dehac Retail Ltd
- Locations
- Rathfarnham, Dublin
- Court
- Workplace Relations Commission
- Outcome
- €40,000 was “a just and equitable measure of compensation”
Summary
The Workplace Relations Commission directed Dehac Retail Ltd to pay Amanda Butler €40,000 after finding she was dismissed without cause or procedural fairness. Adjudication officer Patricia Owens found ample evidence supporting a view that the company was unhappy with Butler’s witness evidence and sought to retaliate when she returned to work.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie