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Brazilian embassy housekeeper wins €21k over unfair sacking
2022-11-17
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Summary
In November 2022 the Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Alessandra Quinn, a housekeeper who had worked over twenty years at the Brazilian ambassador's residence, was unfairly dismissed. Quinn's contract included a room‑and‑board clause that the embassy argued was no longer applicable after she married an Irishman and moved out of the embassy house. In March 2021 the embassy proposed to remove the clause and offered a salary increase and commuting allowance, which Quinn rejected. She was told in May 2021 that her employment would end in July. The commission found the embassy had a "near absence" of fair procedures and no substantial grounds for dismissal, awarding Quinn €21,793 for seven months of lost earnings. A separate redundancy claim was dismissed because a replacement had been hired. The case remains at the commission's decision stage.
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What: Report matter: Brazilian embassy housekeeper wins €21k over unfair sacking. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- March 2021 Other
- May 2021 Other
- 2022-11-17 Publication
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