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Highly rated Mexican restaurant ordered to pay waitress for break breaches
Summary
The owners of El Grito Mexican Tacqueria were ordered to pay waitress Paola Alba Dalivar €4,600 after the Workplace Relations Commission found seven breaches of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and a breach of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994. Ms Alba‑Dalivar, who worked from August 2018 to July 2021, said she never received a rest break unless she worked over eight hours and sometimes received no break at all. She also claimed she was not paid for 18 Sundays, four bank holidays, or for days off, and that she had not received paid leave between September 2020 and June 2021. The adjudicating officer awarded €1,000 for the shift‑break breach, €820 for the lack of a written contract, €500 for each of five working‑hour breaches, and €336 for bank‑holiday pay, totalling €4,650. The case was heard in the absence of the restaurant owners.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Highly rated Mexican restaurant ordered to pay waitress for break breaches. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- August 2018 Other
- July 2021 Other
- September 2020 Other
- June 2021 Other
- 2023-04-12 Publication
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