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TV researcher awarded €24k in compensation

Summary

A TV researcher was awarded €24,000 in compensation after the Workplace Relations Commission found a media organisation had illegally denied her holiday pay. The commission ruled the organisation breached the Organisation of Working Time Act and the Protection of Employees (Fixed‑term Work) Act. The researcher had worked as an independent contractor from 2012 to 2019, with periods of maternity leave and subsequent contracts. She claimed her work was equivalent to that of staff at the assistant producer grade and that she was entitled to a contract of indefinite duration. The adjudicating officer found she had been incorrectly classified as an independent contractor from September 2018 and should have been treated as a permanent employee. The commission awarded €17,000 for the breach of the Fixed‑Term Work Act and €7,000 for the breach of the Organisation of Working Time Act, totaling €24,000 in compensation.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: TV researcher awarded €24k in compensation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• February 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
• March 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
• July 2019 Other
• September 2018 Other
• August 2015 Other
• 6 September 2018 Other
• 19 July 2019 Other
• 2015 and 2019 Other
• 2012 and 2014 Other
• 2022-05-24 Publication

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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