Barbara Remic wins €87,807 unfair dismissal award

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Barbara Remic won €87,807 from the Workplace Relations Commission for unfair dismissal and wages-law breaches, in a decision reported on 18 December 2023. Adjudicator Ewa Sobanska found that Suirsafe Technologies Ltd had constructively dismissed her and breached the Payment of Wages Act and Organisation of Working Time Act.

The award included €67,500 for unpaid salary, €10,384 for annual leave, €3,000 for the working-time breach and €6,923 for unfair dismissal. The salary element covered October 2022 to June 2023; the adjudicator limited the dismissal compensation because she considered Remic’s efforts to find alternative employment insufficient. The company’s management did not appear at the hearing, although Sobanska was satisfied it had been properly notified.