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Car dealer ordered to compensate employee over deductions for accident
Summary
In a 2022 decision, a motor dealer, Colm Quinn Ltd, was ordered to pay an employee, Ara Azady, nearly €4,000 in compensation for unlawful wage deductions and for failing to provide a written employment contract. Azady, who worked full‑time from July 2020 to March 2021, earned €10.50 an hour for a 38‑hour week. He claimed that after an accident at the company's Drogheda garage on 8 October 2020, the repair cost was estimated at €1,595.83. From December 2020 to February 2021, the company docked €400 a month from his wages, and in March 2021 an additional €395.83 was deducted. Azady's solicitor argued the deductions were not agreed or communicated, violating Section 5 of the Terms of Employment Act, and were excessive, amounting to about a quarter of his net pay.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Car dealer ordered to compensate employee over deductions for accident. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- July 2020 Other
- March 2021 Other
- 8 October 2020 Other
- December 2020 Other
- February 2021 Other
- 28 June 2020 Other
- 2022-04-19 Publication
Why: In a decision published today, adjudicating officer Breiffni O'Neill found he could not rule on the December payslip because it had arrived on the 20th of the month — outside the six-month window for the complaint, which was submitted to the WRC on 28 June 2020. CNI source report
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